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Farmsecure – input finance facility
23 March 2009
A template for the African agri-sector
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agri
South Africa
Farmsecure
fertiliser
pesticides
Cliffe Decker
Zambia
Namibia
Botswana
This is a particularly innovative agricultural financing that not only succeeded in pooling risk to create a successful off-balance sheet deal for its group of producers, but has created an award winning financing model that will most likely lead to various other joint agri-finance deals in other African countries such as Zambia, Namibia and Botswana.
Up until now agri-business in South Africa was duly financed in a very traditional way. Most banks finance individual farmers directly through their retail bank. The Farmsecure Capital deal completely changes this model and introduces a range of complexities to control risks and redefines security, collateral and counterparty....
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