testing innovations in livestock and dairy value chain finance: insights from east and southern...

Testing innovations in livestock and dairy value chain finance:

insights from East and Southern Africa

Jo Cadilhon, Nadhem Mtimet, Signe Nelgen, Edgar Twine and Heiner Böhme

International Conference on “Fin4ag: Revolutionizing Finance for Agri-Value Chains”, Nairobi, Kenya, 14-18 July 2014

Ekwatho Financing Scheme

E-mail: hbohme@meatco.com.na

MEATCO

Participating Farmer

Financial Institution

Communication

SLAs

• Guaranteed minimum price;• Producer facilitation; • Database administration;• On-farm inspections;• Technical advice & support;

• Financing;• Loan & collateral administration;• Balloon interest payment

(cumulative);

• Loan application;• Beef production;• Allow quarterly weighing &

inspection;

Swaziland beef value chain finance model

Email: n.mtimet@cgiar.org and s.nelgen@cgiar.org

Dairy market hubs model

TRANSPORTERS

TESTING

FARMERS

FIELD DAYS

FEED SUPPLY

AI & EXTENSION

OTHER RELATED MEs

CHILLING or BULKING FACILITIES

HARDWARE SUPPLIERS

VILLAGE BANKS

Email: e.twine@cgiar.org

ILRI’s work presented here is implemented in a partnership with:

Tanzania: • Sokoine University of Agriculture• Heifer International• Faida MaLi • Tanzania Dairy Board

Swaziland: • Swaziland Ministry of Agriculture • Swaziland Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise

Acknowledgements

This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Funding support for this study was provided by the ‘Innovative beef value chain development schemes in Southern Africa’ project of IFAD, the ‘MoreMilkiT’ project of Irish Aid, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish, andthe CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets. This presentation has not gone through IFPRI’s standard peer-review procedure. The opinions expressed here belong to the authors, and do not necessarily reflect those of PIM, IFPRI, or CGIAR.

Acknowledgements

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