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AVCF PRE EVENT WEBINAR

If Agriculture Is Too Risky to Finance, How Then Do We Gain From Its Diverse Opportunities?

A focused virtual conversation on how financial institutions, investors and agricultural stakeholders can rethink risk and unlock stronger opportunities across agricultural value chains.

Reserve your place23 September 2026 · 4:00 PM WAT · Virtual · Free registration
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THE CONVERSATION

Move beyond the risk narrative.

Agriculture has real production, climate, market, price and supply-chain risks. This webinar asks whether the problem is agriculture itself—or the way agricultural opportunities are understood, structured and financed.

01

Understand the risk

Examine what makes agricultural finance different and where exposure emerges at scale.

02

Rethink the approach

Explore how value-chain financing can reduce risk and create more resilient opportunities.

03

Identify opportunities

Consider where the strongest commercial opportunities sit across agricultural value chains.

WEBINAR PROGRAMME

A concise, practical 75–90 minute session.

The format is designed to surface different perspectives—not to manufacture a winner or loser.

  1. 5 min

    Welcome and positioning

    Set the context and introduce the central question.

  2. 20–25 min

    Keynote

    The future of agricultural finance and what it will take to capture opportunity while managing risk.

  3. 25 min

    Panel debate

    Contrasting perspectives on agricultural risk and better financing approaches.

  4. 10 min

    Audience Q and A

    Questions and perspectives from participants.

  5. 5 min

    Transition to AVCF PIMS

    Connect the discussion to practical agricultural value-chain finance solutions.

QUESTIONS WE WILL EXPLORE

What makes agricultural finance different from financing other sectors?

What are the major risks involved in financing agriculture at scale?

Are we looking at agricultural risk from the right perspective?

Where do the biggest opportunities within the agricultural value chain lie?

Can value-chain financing reduce agricultural investment risk?

What needs to change in the way we finance agriculture?