With an expanding world population that is expected to reach 9.7billion by 2050, the demand for food products will subsequently increase sevenfold. With an expanding world population that is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, the demand for food products will subsequently increase sevenfold. This also means that the global food market will require significant improvements in order to deliver nutritious and sustainable products for future generations. So to develop a long-term strategy and innovative methods to not only work across the public, private and social sectors, but also to build a platform to improve food security, environmental sustainability and economic opportunity over the next few decades, we need to adopt a new vision for the future of agriculture.

Course Methodology

This course is highly interactive and utilizes methodology including group discussions, case studies, videos, participant presentations, and problem-solving scenarios.

Target Audience

This program is aimed at senior and middle managers of agricultural finance institutions, and non-banking agricultural organizations to provide more effective and valuable financial services to smallholder farmers. The program provides you with the context and understanding needed to reach out to a more sustainable manner to smallholder families and low-income rural households by serving them with the right financial products and services at the right time. The program will also benefit policymakers, local or provincial government officials, private sector performance monitors and other parties interested in agricultural development finances.

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