Agricultural Value Chain Finance Innovations and Lessons: Case Studies in Africa

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

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 policy study on why subsidized farm credit programs failed and what a sound rural finance system needs. Short and well argued, though written in 1998.

FAO and GTZ

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