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Event
20
Jun
Grain Warehouse Receipts (GWR) Seminar
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
FAO and the Investment Centre, with the support of the Legal office have organized a short seminar “Cream of the crop: the use of Grain Warehouse Receipts in agricultural finance” at FAO headquarters on June, 20th 2012. The seminar explored value chain finance with a focus on GWRs, and ways to give farmers easier access to credit through the collateralization of their crop.
Topics included:
- Introducing product-based value chain finance
- Grain warehouse receipts: benefits and ingredients for success
- Informal use of inventory credit and GWRs: the case of Niger
Speakers:
Krassimir Kiriakov, Grain Warehouse Receipts Specialist;
Calvin Miller, Senior Rural Finance Officer, AGS;
Emilio Hernandez, Agricultural Finance Officer, AGS;
Philine Wehling, Legal Officers, LEGN.
The PPT’s and filmed presentations can be viewed below.