Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 77 Issue 2

Forewarned is forearmed – repayment delays in microfinance relationships

Imke Hering, Oliver Musshoff

In order to improve the assessment of current lending policies for a microfinance institution (MFI) in Azerbaijan, the purpose of this paper is to analyse how lending conditions…

Agricultural credit provision: what really determines farmers’ participation and credit rationing?

Collins Asante-Addo, Jonathan Mockshell, Manfred Zeller, Khalid Siddig, Irene S. Egyir

The purpose of this paper is to analyze determinants of farmers’ participation and credit rationing in microcredit programs using survey data from Ghana.

Credit constraints and labour allocation decisions in rural Burkina Faso

Mohamed Porgo, John K.M. Kuwornu, Pam Zahonogo, John Baptist D. Jatoe, Irene S. Egyir

Credit is central in labour allocation decisions in smallholder agriculture in developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of credit constraints on…

The economics and productivity of US dairy farms that use crossbred vs non-crossbred breeding technology (production systems)

Richard Nehring, Richard Barton, Charles Hallahan

The purpose of this paper is to examine the rise in crossbred cow numbers in the US dairy herd. Methods used look at well managed herds to see if crossbreeding provides a…

Effect of agricultural policy on income and revenue risks in Italian farms: Implications for the use of risk management policies

Simone Severini, Antonella Tantari, Giuliano Di Tommaso

The purpose of this paper is to assess how direct payments (DPs) of the Common Agricultural Policy affect income and revenue variability faced by Italian farmers.

Financial leverage and agency costs in agricultural cooperatives

Levi A. Russell, Brian C. Briggeman, Allen M. Featherstone

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which agency costs of leverage are present in farm supply and marketing cooperatives.

Modeling heterogeneous risk preferences

Zhengfei Guan, Feng Wu

The purpose of this paper is to propose a general framework for modeling heterogeneous risk preferences of agricultural producers and identifying the underlying factors that…

Rainfall index insurance for corn farmers in Shandong based on high-resolution weather and yield data

Wen Chen, Roman Hohl, Lee Kong Tiong

The purpose of this paper is to present the development of cumulative rainfall deficit (CRD) indices for corn in Shandong Province, China, based on high-resolution weather…