CASA Malawi and Nepal deliver e-commerce solutions to safeguard smallholders in value chains
11/06/2021
The global pandemic has changed shopping behaviour around the world. Once busy markets are closed or avoided to reduce infection […]
CASA puts the spotlight on the challenges and opportunities in sourcing from smallholder farmers
04/06/2021
Worldwide, there are around 500 million small-scale farmers. They have the potential to be both a supplier base and a […]
Investment analysis & calculations of the looming financing gap for agricultural producers
24/05/2021
In Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia an increasingly complex picture is emerging of SMEs in the agri-food sector that struggle to […]
What is the evidence for the development impact of concessional finance to agri-business?
26/10/2020
Concessional finance has become an increasingly important tool in enterprise development over the last decade, and there has been a […]
Takeaways from the CASA Smallholder Investor Summit
21/09/2020
CASA hosted three panels alongside the Deal Room at the Africa Green Revolution Forum. Each panel featured the launch of […]
CASA research launched at AGRF Deal Room
07/09/2020
CASA will host its first Global Agribusiness Investor Summit at this year’s African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Virtual Summit which […]
The impact of COVID-19 on agricultural markets in Uganda
17/07/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated control measures have had far-reaching effects on societies worldwide, on the global economy and on […]
CASA Programme Approach: Blending Market Systems and Investment Promotion
18/06/2020
Is the CASA programme a Market Systems Development (MSD) programme or an investment initiative? During one of CASA’s adaptive management […]
The impact of COVID-19 on agricultural markets in Nepal
04/06/2020
In late April 2020, CASA worked with key market actors to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the […]
How The Full Spectrum of Capital Can Enable Inclusive Growth in Agriculture
12/02/2020
While the world has made huge economic gains over the past 50 years, this progress has been highly uneven. This […]