Smallholder Impact and Risk Metrics: A Labyrinth of Opportunity

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One reason only 3% of demand for smallholder agricultural finance has been met is because investors lack sufficient data about the benefits and risks of directing their funds to smallholder agricultural finance. A number of innovative and promising new impact and risk measurement tools have emerged, but it is challenging to understand their varying functions and how they fit together.In light of this situation, the Initiative for Smallholder Finance has catalogued available measurement tools, documented the status quo, and researched the benefits of increased collaboration.The Initiative’s third briefing document “Smallholder Impact and Risk Metrics: A Labyrinth of Opportunity” takes stock of the existing landscape of smallholder impact and risk measurement and presents three new tools that will set the stage for increased collaboration that can …


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