In the agricultural sector of many developing countries, weather risk is pervasive and remains one of the major constraints limiting farmers from accessing loans necessary to expand their production and...
Economic growth and poverty reduction in Ethiopia is dependent on an agricultural sector that employs more than 85 percent of the labor force. The primary farming activity is the production of cereals...
The mission of the Commodity Risk Management Group (CRMG) of the World Bank Agricultural and Rural Development Department (ARD) is to help improve developing countries ability to manage risk related to...
Warehouse receipt financing and similar types of collateralized lending provide an alternative to traditional lending requirements of banks and other financiers and could provide opportunities to expand...