Technical and Advisory Services

GIRSAL’s Technical and Advisory Services (TAS) supports financial institutions to enhance their knowledge and understanding of agriculture and agribusiness finance. It also strengthens their capacity to assess, structure and manage agribusiness loans. GIRSAL’s TAS is delivered through Capacity Building, Information Resources, and Direct Support.

Happy clients benefiting from agricultural lending support through GIRSAL's Technical Assistance Services

Agriculture and Agribusiness Finance Course

A 2 – module training program aimed at equipping agriculture desk officers, relationship managers, credit risk officers, and credit analysts with practical skills in assessing, structuring, and managing loan applications from agribusinesses. The training provides a comprehensive understanding of the agriculture and agribusiness environment, introduction to crop, livestock and poultry value chains in Ghana, along with practical training in agricultural loan appraisal techniques, risk identification, and mitigation.

The training program was initially developed in collaboration with the National Banking College (NBC) with support from AGRA and was launched in 2020. Since 2022, GIRSAL and the Development Bank Ghana (DBG) have jointly funded the program. The training combines classroom instruction, case studies, and practical field trips

Agriculture is not only about farming. Revealing the ancillary businesses related to farming is one way to catch the interest of and reduce the risk-aversion of bankers.

I have been in the credit department for 12 years. Most of the time, we in the credit department say that agribusiness is very risky. The training showed us that Agric is not risky if you know it well

700

Bank Staff Trained

49

Institutions Trained

15

Cohorts Completed