# Agricultural Value Chain Development and Finance

> Analyse and strengthen agricultural value chains and unlock finance for farmers and agribusinesses.

- **Provider:** Afriskora Training Solutions
- **Category:** Agriculture & Rural Development
- **Duration:** 5 days
- **Formats:** classroom (cities across Africa), live virtual (Zoom/Teams), in-house for teams
- **Certificate:** Afriskora Certificate of Completion, verifiable online
- **Booking:** request dates and a quote; invoice and EFT payment
- **Web page:** https://afriskora.co.za/courses/agriculture-rural-development/agricultural-value-chain-finance
- **Request dates:** https://afriskora.co.za/request-training?course=agricultural-value-chain-finance

## Overview

This course covers value chain analysis, market linkages, contract farming, aggregation and processing, value chain finance instruments, risk management and digital agriculture, with African case studies in crops and livestock.

## Who should attend

- Agricultural development staff
- Agribusiness managers
- Bankers and MFIs lending to agriculture
- Government and donor programme staff

## Learning outcomes

- Map and analyse agricultural value chains
- Strengthen market linkages
- Apply value chain finance instruments
- Manage agricultural risks
- Use digital tools in agriculture

## Course outline

### Day 1: Value chain analysis

- Value chain concepts
- Mapping
- Constraints and opportunities
- Gender and youth

### Day 2: Markets

- Market linkages
- Contract farming
- Aggregation and cooperatives
- Standards and quality

### Day 3: Finance

- Value chain finance
- Warehouse receipts
- Input finance
- Blended finance

### Day 4: Risk

- Weather and price risk
- Insurance
- Climate-smart agriculture
- Post-harvest losses

### Day 5: Digital agriculture

- Agritech in Africa
- Mobile services
- Data for agriculture
- Programme design