Agriculture is a major contributor to economic development in most developing nations, with
smallholder farmers playing a critical role, but their productivity and growth are impeded by a …

Access to microcredit has received a lot of attention, but, its role in the adoption of climate
change adaptation strategies and improvement of rice yield is not often debated. This study …

Purpose Credit is essential in the farm business because it facilitates the adoption of
productive technologies such as irrigation. However, access to credit remains a significant …

Purpose This study examines the impact of access to credit on the technical efficiency (TE)
of maize-producing smallholder farmers in Ethiopia and explores factors determining credit …

Purpose Outgrower scheme as a contractual agreement between farmers and some funding
entities has in recent times found proliferation among resource poor farmers in Ghana …

This study examined factors influencing the probability of farmers accessing agricultural
credit as well as the amount of received credit allocated to farming operations in the Bole …

Background Lack of access to credit precludes smallholder farmers from making investment
that generates greater level of income, consumption and wealth. To reverse this limit …

Agriculture is a determining factor regarding the development of the Romanian economy,
noting its importance for population consumption and as a supplier of raw materials for the …

This research identified the sources of credit available and utilized by the respondents,
evaluated the socioeconomic factors determining farmers' access to credit, constraints …

Rural credit schemes have been espoused as key avenues for reducing rural poverty. Their
success, however, continues to be hampered by institutional inefficiencies and poor …