PHOTO: Participants during the AFRACA Agri-SME Training Workshop at Travellers Beach Hotel and Lodge, Mombasa, Kenya, 27th November to 1st December 2023 AFRACA’s international training workshop on New trends and models in Agri-SME loan assessment is an enhancement of its previous training which focused exclusively on the Ag. Loan Analyzer tool. The training convened from 27th November 2023 to 1st December 2023 at Travellers Beach Hotel and Lodge, Mombasa, Kenya. A comparative analysis of traditional assessment methods with emerging trends in...
Theme: New trends and Developments in Managing Agricultural Risks in a post-pandemic -COVID era. Introduction Agricultural Risk Management (ARM) and the role of financial institutions Smallholder farmers in Africa are often highly vulnerable to farm risks and uncertainties. The range of risks affecting farming households are wide- ranging from difficulties in acquiring farm inputs to major weather-related risks such as drought, floods, windstorms and hail. Inherent risks such as production risks, price and market-related risks just to name a few, remain dominant. The...