Infrastructure, regulation key to unlocking institutional capital for agriculture
Financial experts suggest that pension funds could be used to finance agricultural commodity value chains in Ghana. Success depends on robust regulatory frameworks, quality grading systems, and market infrastructure to build investor trust.
Why it matters
Leveraging institutional capital for agriculture can stabilize rural incomes and provide bankable assets for the national economy.
The billions of cedis sitting in pension funds could be deployed to finance the country’s commodity value chains if there is market infrastructure, grading systems and regulatory safeguards, Head of Treasury-Ecobank Ghana, Peter Dzasa, has said.
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