crs agricultural livelihoods towards impact investment crs agricultural livelihoods towards impact...
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CRS Agricultural Livelihoods
Towards Impact Investment
Shaun FerrisCatholic Relief Services
Rome, 17th June, 2014
CRS Agricultural Livelihoods 2013
• 328 projects in 44 countries • $152 m invested in smallholder agriculture• 5 million farm family clients• Over 100 in-country implementing partners
Pathway to Prosperity
Supporting Vulnerable Communities
65%
25%
5%Pathway to Prosperity
Highly vulnerable
Vulnerable but viable
RECOVER
BUILD
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Consistent market sales
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REBOUND
Pathway to Prosperity
ASSETS
SKILLS
SERVICES
RESILIENCE
Market Pull
Market Push
The community
shock
1.
Disaster Risk Reduction
Building Resilient Pathways to Prosperity
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Consistentmarket sales
Highly vulnerable
Vulnerable but Viable
Blended Capital funding
Private capitalResilient and
empowered
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TransitionGrant Funding
EmergencyGrant Funds
EmergencyFunds
ResilienceProgramming
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RECOVERHighly vulnerable
Vulnerable but Viable
RECOVER
BUILD
GROWEntrepreneurial & thriving
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REBOUND
Pathway to Prosperity
Scaled of results - Cassava seeds delivery
$20M to reach 1.2 million beneficiaries
Working at Scale across Scale levels
1M +
100,000’s
10,000’s
1,000’s
Health
Natural Resource Management
LivelihoodsValue chains
Early Warning/ DRR/ CCA
Connectedness
Community
Districts
Households
National
Clients
BUILDHighly vulnerable
Vulnerable but Viable
RECOVER
BUILD
GROWEntrepreneurial & thriving
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REBOUND
Pathway to Prosperity
Metrics - Technology DATA Partners
Monitoring Evaluation and Learning
PortfolioManagementData WarehouseFarmer Tools
Analytics / Data Sharing
Open Data
Biz planner
e-learning
Digital forms
Mapping
Digital systems to measure across projects
Data standards
The PSP Model
Private sector service provision
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsDTpA9eN1o
Progression of free based Service Products
Savings and Loans
Financial education
Marketingbasics
Businessplanning
Loans
Lease
Insurance
Skills acquisition
Productive Consumers
Unexpected trends….
•from free to fees
GROWHighly vulnerable
Vulnerable but Viable
RECOVER
BUILD
GROWEntrepreneurial & thriving
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REBOUND
Pathway to Prosperity
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Business Model for Bean Exports Ethiopia
Traders
technical assistance
inputs
financing
Service providers
Farmers
Cooperative unions
ACOS – Ethiopia
(exporter)
ACOS-Italy trader Premier Foods
Technical / trade facilitation
Technical / trade facilitation
Impact Investment issuesGains and Challenges
• II brings the discipline of the marketplace• Offers new sources of capital• Shift beyond the project cycle• Scaled and sustainable intervention• Align goals between partners and sectors
• Sustained scaling is a challenge• Charitable orgs struggle with revenue and profits• Need better metrics and data systems• Require donors to adapt contract /grant options• Will require new skills mix, new partnerships