OAAG 1010 - Unlocking Finance for Agriculture

The course will explore the main challenges in financing smallholders’ farmers in emerging countries. It will present how microfinance can finance farmers and its main challenges in trying to do so, how agri-microinsurance can be an effective tool to protect smallholders’ farmers. The challenges of financing agri-SMEs will be further discussed, as well as the role of government, the role of smart agriculture and new technology.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understanding of the challenges of financing agriculture, especially for smallholders farmers in emerging countries
• Acquiring knowledge in microfinance, agri-microinsurance, agri SMEs and new technology for agri financing
• Being able to make the differences between the different form of financial support with their limitations and potentiels.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Critical analysis of proposed solutions studied during the course

None

Feed back will be presented at the end of the oral presentation and at the end of the course for the induvial and group presentation

• 10% for their presence in class
• 25% for oral presentation
• 25% for individual written presentation
• 40% for group work

Feed back will be presented at the end of the oral presentation and at the end of the course for the induvial and group presentation

• Attendance: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
• Online learning activities: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
• Reading and Preparation for Class: 1 hour a week / 12 hours a semester
• Research and Preparation for Group Work: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
• Research and Writing for Individual Assessments: 0.5 hours a week / 6 hours a semester.