LIVE TALK 03 - Examples of agri-SME risk management and post-COVID policy implications - Live Talk 03

© LIVE TALK SERIES, Risk Management for Agri-SME finance, 11 December 2020
In partnership with: Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN), International Labour Organization (ILO) Social Finance Programme and Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM)

This is the third and final session of a LIVE TALKS series on "Risk Management for Agri-SME Finance" co-hosted by the Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN) and the Forum for Agricultural Risk Management in Development (FARM-D) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization's Social Finance Programme and the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM).

The current COVID-19 crisis is bringing into sharp relief the vulnerability of agri-food systems and creating new challenges whose repercussions may be felt in the sector for a long time. Among other things, it is showing the limits of our capacity to anticipate shocks and is testing the risk management capacity of all actors active in supply chains, as well as in government, finance, and other sectors. In this context, many agri-SMEs are suffering significantly from disruptions and lack of capital and capacity to strengthen their own resilience.

This is, therefore, an opportune time to take a closer look at the range of tools available in the area of agricultural risk management, and identify those that can be deployed both to address the current crisis, particularly from the agri-SME standpoint, as well as to prepare for its long term repercussions.

This webinar builds on its previous sessions:

- LIVE TALK 01 Risk management for agri-SME finance: addressing new challenges in the era of COVID-19, held on 24 September 2020;
- LIVE TALK 02 Case study analysis: examples of risk management for agri-SME finance, held on 29 October 2020.

This third and final session of the Live Talk series focuses on concrete examples of agricultural risk management (ARM) tools that have been implemented by agri-SMEs before and since the COVID-19 crisis. The session also explores emerging policy issues in ARM.

The webinar includes three case study presentations covering distinct ARM solutions deployed in specific value chains, operational and geographical contexts. It also counts on a moderated panel discussion where the case study presenters examine the evolution of risks since the pandemic, and the effectiveness and limitations of ARM tools available to agri-SMEs to address them, as well as the policy implications to be considered as we look to building back better post-COVID. A Q&A segment provides an opportunity to answer questions from the audience, before concluding the session and the series with final conclusions and closing remarks.

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