Professor Sauer, Roberto Villaba and Terese Venus hosted a webinar on "Applications of Agricultural Value Chain Financing: A Global Perspective" on December 18th, 2020. This webinar was part of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) project, "Value Chain Financing for Climate-Smart Agriculture in India" under the Bioeconomy International framework and supported in partnership by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in South Asia (CCAFS).

The speakers included:

• Dr. Cor Wattel (Policy Researcher at Wageningen Economic Research): Value Chain Financing Mechanisms for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa
• Mr. Anil Kumar (CEO of Samunnati): Business Models and Experiences with Ecosystem Value Chain Financing in India
• Mr. Nicolau Monteiro (TUM): Applications of Digital Value Chain Financing in Brazil