Many financial institutions in the countries of Central Asia are engaged in agrilending, as agriculture is one of the most important sectors of the economy, which employs the majority of the working-age population. However, as opposed to trade, services, and even manufacturing sectors, agriculture has its clearly pronounced specifics.
The purpose of the “Agrilending specifics” course is to familiarize users with the unique basic features of agriculture and the main specifics of the loan officers’ work with individual farmers and small agricultural enterprises..
The course targets a broad variety of experts and middle-level managers of financial institutions working with clients of the agricultural sector.
We assume that you already have basic knowledge of micro and small business lending, otherwise we recommend you to start with the “Microlending Basics” course.
As a result of this course, you will:
- gain information about the brief characteristics of the agricultural sector of Central Asia;
- learn the specifics of crop production and livestock farming that specialists working with agro clients should know;
- learn about the possible approaches to the analysis of farmers and small agro enterprises;
- learn the cross-checking specifics of agro clients;
- study the main accounting specifics of agricultural enterprises;
- study the existing approaches to compilation of analytical statements in the loan resumes of financial institutions;
- learn about the major risk exposures of agricultural producers, with a greater focus on production risks.
- learn about the main approaches to risk optimization in agrilending.
The course consists of 7 lessons grouped into 3 sections.
Each lesson takes 45 minutes or less on average.
Upon completion of the course, you will be offered to take the final test. Based on the results of the test, an electronic certificate of the course completion will be generated.