A learning guide for forest producers and their organizations.
This guide was developed to improve the capacity of small producers, their organizations and small and medium-sized enterprises to access private investment and finance for sustainable forest-based businesses.
It offers a framework to think through, organize and develop a convincing investment proposal. The guide introduces ten key elements, presented as modules, which should be included in any bankable business plan. Templates, tips and advice also provide users with a structured way to think through and substantiate information related to each of these elements.
The goal is to increase the business’ attractiveness to funding sources and thus facilitate access to finance. The guide is especially aimed at those producer organizations and companies that seek to scale up operations and need the know-how to do it themselves.
The guide has been published by FAO and includes contributions from our team (Alex Pra and Colm O’Driscoll).
Green Charcoal Uganda and Central Park Bees, two African startups accelerated by Etifor in Padova with The Nature Accelerator in 2018, are included as examples.
TITLE
Developing bankable business plans – A learning guide for forest producers and their organizations.
CITATION
Boscolo, M., Lehtonen, P. and Pra, A. 2021. Developing bankable business plans – A learning guide for forest producers and their organizations. Forestry Working Paper No. 24. Rome, FAO.
AUTHORS
Marco Boscolo, Petri Lehtonen, Alex Pra
IN COLLABORATION WITH
Lyndall Bull, Ben Caldwell, Jonas Cedergren, Armando Cortez, José Diaz, Sophie Grouwels, Magnus Grylle, Matieu Henry, Thais Linhares-Juvenal, Colm O’Driscoll, Massimo Pera, Julien Vallet, Jhony Zapata