FACT SHEETS
Rural Finance and Investment
Investing in agriculture for poverty reduction
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FACT SHEETS
Investing in agriculture for poverty reduction
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FACTS Increases in commodity food
prices have not only raised awareness of the urgency
to increase
agricultural investment, they also have set up opportunities
for profitable investments. The capital required
to invest comes through debt or equity but both rely
upon financial service providers such as banks and
credit unions to facilitate the needed money flows
for loans, deposits, money transfers, guarantees
and other financial products. They provide access
to the assets required to increase agricultural
productivity and reach a scale that will lead to
higher incomes and asset growth for the rural poor. |
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