SPIS - Toolbox - Finance - Further Reading, Links and Tools

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The Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS) is designed to enable advisors, service providers and practitioners in the field of solar irrigation to provide broad hands-on guidance to end-users, policy-makers and financiers. Risks related to system efficiency, financial viability and the unsustainable use of water resources can thus be minimized. The Toolbox comprises informative modules supplemented with user-friendly software tools (calculations sheets, checklists, guidelines). read more

Modules and tools touch upon:

assessing the water requirements,
comparing the financial viability,
determining farm profitability and payback of investment in SPIS,
sustainably design and maintain a SPIS,
highlight critical workmanship quality aspects,
and many more.

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Further Reading, Links and Tools

Links

Agriculture Finance Support Facility (AGRIFIN). Retrieved from https://www.agrifinfacility.org/

Making Finance works for Africa (2017): Agricultural & Rural Finance. Retrieved from http://www.mfw4a.org/agricultural-rural-finance/agricultural-rural-finance.html

Microfinance Gateway‎ (2014): Highlighting noteworthy publications and key resources on rural and agricultural finance. In: Gateway Guide to Rural and Agricultural Finance. Retrieved from http://www.microfinancegateway.org/library/gateway-guide-rural-and-agricultural-finance

Publications/Papers

AFRACO, FAO, the Land Bank of South Africa and the World Bank (2009): Expert Meeting in Managing Risk in Financing Agriculture. Johannesburg, South Africa. Retrieved from http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTARD/Resources/336681-1252501755087/Joburg_proceedings.pdf

Bandyopadhyay, A. (2007): Credit Risk Models for Managing Bank's Agricultural Loan Portfolio. Pune, India. In: Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA) 5357. Retrieved from https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5357/1/MPRA_paper_5357.pdf

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (2011): Agricultural Finance – Trends, Issues and Challenges. Retrieved from http://www.ruralfinanceandinvestment.org/sites/default/files/06__giz2011-0460en-agricultural-finance.pdf

International Finance Corporation (IFC) (2011): Scaling Up Access to Finance for Agricultural SMEs Policy Review and Recommendations. Washington D.C., USA. Retrieved from https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/04da89804a02e2e19ce0fdd1a5d13d27/G20_Agrifinance_Report.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

International Finance Corporation (IFC) (2012): Innovative Agricultural SME Finance Models. Washington D.C., USA. Retrieved from http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/55301b804ebc5f379f86bf45b400a808/Innovative+Agricultural+SME+Fi-%20nance+Models.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

Mees, M. & Destrait, F. (2015): Guarantee Funds: A Response to Agricultural Credit Risk – The Latin American Guarantee Fund. SOS Faim Belgium‎. In: Zoom Microfinance 44. Retrieved from https://www.microfinancegateway.org/library/guarantee-funds-response-agricultural-credit-risk-%E2%80%93-latin-american-guarantee-fund

Prasoon, P. K., Pareek, A., Natu, A. J., Ledesma, J. & Barman, N. D. (2014): Resource Book on Designing & Delivering Agriculture Financing Products. Retrieved from http://www.microsave.net/files/pdf/Designing_Delivering_Agriculture_Financing_Products.pdf

SOS Faim (2013): Developing rural finance through public-private sector cooperation. In: Zoom Microfinance 40. Retrieved from https://www.sosfaim.lu/en/publication/developing-rural-finance-through-public-private-sector-cooperation/

Tools

There are no SPIS tools developed specifically for this Module, however the following tools are relevant:

PROMOTE – SPIS Rapid Assessment: includes a (financial) market analysis for financing of SPIS components
DESIGN – Farm Analysis Tool: to determine the profitability of the farm enterprise
DESIGN – Simplified Financial Viability Tool: to calculate the financial viability of a SPIS and compare that to other alternative pumping systems (diesel and grid power)

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	*Microfinance Gateway‎ (2014): Highlighting noteworthy publications and key resources on rural and agricultural finance. In: Gateway Guide to Rural and Agricultural Finance. Retrieved from [http://www.microfinancegateway.org/library/gateway-guide-rural-and-agricultural-finance http://www.microfinancegateway.org/library/gateway-guide-rural-and-agricultural-finance]		*Microfinance Gateway‎ (2014): Highlighting noteworthy publications and key resources on rural and agricultural finance. In: Gateway Guide to Rural and Agricultural Finance. Retrieved from [http://www.microfinancegateway.org/library/gateway-guide-rural-and-agricultural-finance http://www.microfinancegateway.org/library/gateway-guide-rural-and-agricultural-finance]
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