In this role, one is expected to have deep knowledge about how the finances work across the entire Agri Value Chains. One should be able to analyse the risks involved in credits, Agri Finances, Cash flows of the Agri businesses across the value chains.
You can expect specific questions around the positioning of the company in the value chain and product/service categories in which they operate. The questions suggested below provide can serve as a good preparatory questions set for a sales roles across the value chain:
- What are the Interesting developments and opportunities to look for in Agri-finance?
- What is value chain finance? Under what conditions would value chain finance work for small & medium scale farmers?
- What innovations are being used to build a credit profile and credit scope for smallholder farmers?
- What is the difference between accounting and financing?
- What are the fundamentals and principles beneath the standard accounting practices that are followed by companies?
- Why analyse cash flows over profits while assessing business viability (especially in agribusiness)?
- What are the challenges in scaling up the cash flow financing?
- What are risks to be considered in cash flow based lending?
- What is the role of incentives in building strong complementary partnerships?
- Can a business with a weak value proposition generate profits in the long-term?
- What mechanisms can be used to align incentives for players within a value chain?
- How can digital technologies can reduce the risk for financial institutions while financing the smallholders?
- Which regions & product categories are receiving investments with the food & agribusiness?
- How are incentives distributed for different stakeholders in a food distribution system?
- What preparations should a farmer make in relation to getting optimal price (returns) for their produce?
In this role, one is expected to have deep knowledge about how the finances work across the entire Agri Value Chains. One should be able to analyse the risks involved in credits, Agri Finances, Cash flows of the Agri businesses across the value chains.
- Introduction to Agri Finance (relevant for roles dealing with designing/analyzing the financial aspects of Agri businesses)
- Cashflow financing in Agribusiness (relevant for roles with Finance backgrounds)
- Basics of Accounting and Finance (relevant for roles with Finance backgrounds)
- Agriculture Business Models (relevant for all kinds of roles in to understand the relevance of business model for the profitability of a business)
- Introduction to urban agriculture value chains (relevant for roles specifically in urban agriculture value chain financing)
- Digital Innovations in Agriculture Extension (Helpful to understand the role of technology to improve the farmer profitability and their credit score)
- Food & agribusiness industry trends and developments (Helpful to study the consumer trends and potential financial implications on agribusinesses)
- Introduction to Food distribution system (Helpful to study the mechanism of food distribution from farm to fork and flow of finance)
- Agriculture basics (relevant for all roles to understand the production dynamics)