A study to identify and assess the efficiency and effectiveness of business development services (BDS) tools and methodologies provided to agri-SMEs in East and West Africa.
Our framework developed around the structure and key dynamics of food systems – focusing in particular on the role of agri-SMEs – and applied through two country studies in Colombia and Uganda to support the Argidius Foundation.
Building on our 2014 analysis of the natural stages of agricultural finance, this briefing note interrogates more deeply the transition that countries make from government-led to more bank-led agricultural finance.