Financial inclusion should include direct loans to vulnerable groups, help build infrastructure in neglected rural areas and take banking products to these areas.
The central bank was keen to introduce futures markets and derivatives products that would help farmers, Cabraal said.
Many rural communities remain vulnerable because of uncertainty over prices, he said.
Farmers get into debt traps at time of harvest when they have a lot of produce but no adequate access to markets.
New financial products should be devised to enable farmers to get reasonable prices for their produce, Cabraal said.
The urban elite should also do more to get the rural poor out of poverty.
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