Launch of Agriculture and Agribusiness Lending Training Course for Staff of Financial Institutions
In collaboration with the National Banking College, GIRSAL launched the Agriculture and Agribusiness Lending Training Programme for staff of financial institutions on 24th February 2020 at the Swiss Spirit Hotel & Suites Alisa Accra. The training program with full funding from Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is designed to build the capacity […]
GIRSAL CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH NFFAWAG – SUNYANI
To strengthen GIRSAL’s relationship with stakeholders and help them understand our operations, GIRSAL held a consultative meeting with some members of the National Farmers and Fishermen Award Winners Association of Ghana (NFFAWAG), FBO Leaders, Agric Entrepreneurs and Financial Institutions at Eusbett Hotel in Sunyani on October 24, 2019. The engagement introduced these groups to GIRSAL’s […]
GIRSAL Understudy Trip to NIRSAL – Abuja
GIRSAL, on 29th July to 1st August 2019, visited Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) in Abuja to learn their operational setup. The learning trip was to ascertain what has worked for them since implementing a similar scheme since 2013. It was also to uncover challenges and areas GIRSAL should give more […]
Consultative Meeting with Financial Institutions
GIRSAL has held its first formal consultative meeting with heads and senior management of financial institutions in Ghana; the engagement happened on the 9th of July 2019 at Alisa Hotel in Accra. The meeting formally introduced GIRSAL as an institution established to de-risk agric financing for Financial Institutions and the Agricultural Credit Risk Guarantee Scheme […]