Agricultural Finance: Getting the Policies Right

The reference book on financing farmers through the value chain. It explains trader credit, warehouse receipts, factoring, leasing and insurance, each with real case studies.

Calvin Miller and Linda Jones

Case studies of banks, cooperatives and agribusinesses that finance African farmers through value chains. Each case explains the model, its results and the lessons learned.

FAO and AFRACA

A university course text on farm credit: types and sources of credit, loan appraisal and repayment, financial statements and the institutions that lend to farmers.

J. Olukosi

A plain-language guide to borrowing for a farm. It explains how lenders judge an application, which numbers they look at and how to present a business idea.

Jean Willoughby