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agri finance
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanCultivators in trouble as banks unwilling to fund PM Kusum YojanaIn Rajasthan, only 15 of 170 farmers who signed deals with discoms under PM Kusum have started their solar plants, as banks are unwilling to lend.
- Deals & capital, GlobalAgricultural financing and investment opportunitiesAgriculture struggles to attract finance because investors see high risk and few investment-ready projects, though rising demand creates openings in sustainability, processing and infrastructure.
- Deals & capital, IndiaAre investments in agriculture organised?With public investment in agriculture falling, the government is leaving new farm infrastructure to private investors, many of them indebted farmers, and more policy support is needed.
- Deals & capital, IndiaSamunnati raises $20 million direct debt from International Development Finance CorporationNon-banking finance company Samunnati has raised $20 million in debt from the International Development Finance Corporation to fund loans to FPOs and agribusinesses.
- Policy & trade, IndiaRBI provides support of Rs 50,000 crore to NABARD, NHB, SIDBIRBI announced Rs 50,000 crore of fresh liquidity support for 2021-22, including a Rs 25,000 crore facility for NABARD to support agriculture and the rural economy.