Alena Kubu, Ministry of Agriculture, Czech Republic
Michael Pielke, Head of Unit, DG AGRI, European Commission
Hans Kordik, Research Expert, Ecorys
Mario Guido, Financial Instruments Advisor, European Investment Bank
Recorded at: Financial needs in the agriculture and agri-food sectors in Austria and the Czech Republic
Michael Pielke, Head of Unit, DG AGRI, European Commission
Recorded at: Financial needs in the agriculture and agri-food sectors in Austria and the Czech Republic
Financial instruments, available under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), have a significant potential in contributing to the achievement of the Green Deal ambitions and more specifically of the Farm to fork and Biodiversity strategies. Nonetheless, the financial needs of agriculture and the agri-food sector remain high.
On 16 September 2020, the European Commission – Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB) launched a series of country specific webinars on the ‘Financial needs in the agriculture and agri-food sectors’.
The webinars aimed to further raise awareness on the results of the recently published fi-compass country-specific reports on financing needs in agriculture and agri-food sectors in 24 EU Member states.
This report summarises the main findings of the 24 EU country reports on the financing gap in the agriculture and agri-food sectors, published in June 2020. The analysis is based on the identification and assessment of the supply of and demand for financing, and on the quantification of the unmet demand for financing for the two sectors.
This case study describes the Agricultural Multi-Regional Guarantee Platform set up in 2017 in Italy. The Platform provides loss protection for financial institutions via an uncapped guarantee of 50% on a loan-by-loan basis. It aims to support new loans for agricultural and agri-food final recipients to finance investments in agricultural holdings, as well as for processing, marketing and/or developing agricultural products.
This case study describes the Portfolio Risk Sharing Loan (PRSL) set-up under the National Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 in Romania.
The objective of the PRSL is to overcome the reluctance of the banking system in Romania to lend to farmers, mainly due to a perception of higher risks when lending to the agriculture sector.
This case study reviews the implementation of the EAFRD Revolving Fund for agriculture in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region in Italy.
With the financial contribution from the RDP, its own revolving resources and additional private contributions from financial intermediaries, the Fund provides subsidised loans for investments. These can be for processing, marketing and developing new agricultural products, as well as improving the performance and competitiveness of agricultural enterprises.
Casa dos Reclamos is a modern digital design and production business operating from state of the art premises in Vila das Aves, Santa Tirso in the northern region of Portugal.
In 2019, it received a EUR 1.8 million loan from Millennium bcp, a financial intermediary of the ESIF fund of funds IFRRU 2020, featured in a recent fi-compass case study.
