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Lowering Barriers To Finance And Insure Farmers (Invite Only)

  • Impact Terra Shwe Taung T Lahmadaw TSP Myanmar (map)

A discussion between key farmer’s associations, MFIs, banks, governmental representatives and other stakeholders to facilitate the availability ofcapital and insurance to rural farmers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Josien Sluijs                                    Dr Zaw Oo                               Erwin Sikma
Director NpM                                   Chairman CESD                      Founder Impact Terra

TOPICS

1. Financing smallholder farmers

How do we approach farmers from a risk perspective and successfully finance and insure agriculture? Including best practices from global initiatives and the outcomes of the study ‘Finance for Smallholders’

2. Current status of financing in agriculture

Discussion on the situation in Myanmar to gain understanding of different viewpoints of agricultural sector, financial sector and government   

3. Geodata for inclusive finance and insurance

How do we leverage geodata to assess risk profiles and create viable financial and insurance products? Further discussing the publication ‘Geodata and ICT solutions for Inclusive Finance and Food’ and the importance of data-platforms to collect multi-data sources.

Debrief Package

Download the official debrief in .PDF here

Download all the presentations here

Click here to read our official Press Release

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Earlier Event: February 9
Hopone Farmer Event
Later Event: August 11
Walkabout Yangon