CRS Agricultural Livelihoods

Towards Impact Investment

Shaun FerrisCatholic Relief Services

Rome, 17th June, 2014

CRS Agricultural Livelihoods 2013

• 328 projects in 44 countries • $152 m invested in smallholder agriculture• 5 million farm family clients• Over 100 in-country implementing partners

Pathway to Prosperity

Supporting Vulnerable Communities

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Highly vulnerable

Vulnerable but viable

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Pathway to Prosperity

ASSETS

SKILLS

SERVICES

RESILIENCE

Market Pull

Market Push

The community

shock

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Disaster Risk Reduction

Building Resilient Pathways to Prosperity

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Consistentmarket sales

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Blended Capital funding

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TransitionGrant Funding

EmergencyGrant Funds

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Pathway to Prosperity

Scaled of results - Cassava seeds delivery

$20M to reach 1.2 million beneficiaries

Working at Scale across Scale levels

1M +

100,000’s

10,000’s

1,000’s

Health

Natural Resource Management

LivelihoodsValue chains

Early Warning/ DRR/ CCA

Connectedness

Community

Districts

Households

National

Clients

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Pathway to Prosperity

Metrics - Technology DATA Partners

Monitoring Evaluation and Learning

PortfolioManagementData WarehouseFarmer Tools

Analytics / Data Sharing

Open Data

Biz planner

e-learning

Digital forms

Mapping

Digital systems to measure across projects

Data standards

The PSP Model

Private sector service provision

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsDTpA9eN1o

Progression of free based Service Products

Savings and Loans

Financial education

Marketingbasics

Businessplanning

Loans

Lease

Insurance

Skills acquisition

Productive Consumers

Unexpected trends….

•from free to fees

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Pathway to Prosperity

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Business Model for Bean Exports Ethiopia

Traders

technical assistance

inputs

financing

Service providers

Farmers

Cooperative unions

ACOS – Ethiopia

(exporter)

ACOS-Italy trader Premier Foods

Technical / trade facilitation

Technical / trade facilitation

Impact Investment issuesGains and Challenges

• II brings the discipline of the marketplace• Offers new sources of capital• Shift beyond the project cycle• Scaled and sustainable intervention• Align goals between partners and sectors

• Sustained scaling is a challenge• Charitable orgs struggle with revenue and profits• Need better metrics and data systems• Require donors to adapt contract /grant options• Will require new skills mix, new partnerships