Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 78 Issue 3

Is the hedging efficiency of weather index insurance overrated? A farm-level analysis in regions with moderate natural conditions in Germany

Juliane Doms, Norbert Hirschauer, Michael Marz, Falk Boettcher

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the hedging efficiency (HE) of weather index insurances (WII) based on a whole-farm approach. The aim is to identify how different types of…

Trade credit supply in African agro-food manufacturing industry: determinants and motives

Stanley Kojo Dary, Harvey S. James Jr

The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants and motives for supply of trade credit among agro-food manufacturing firms in African countries.

Relationship between money lenders and farmers: Theoretical perspective and evidence from potato farmers of West Bengal, India

Rakhe P. Balachandran, Sarat Chandra Dhal

The dependence of farmers on money lenders for agricultural credit despite the penetration of the formal financial sector with subsidized interest rates remains an economic…

Is there discrimination against the agricultural sector in the credit rationing behavior of commercial banks in Ghana?

Frank Gyimah Sackey

The purpose of this paper is to examine if credit rationing persists even in the era of financial liberalization, the extent to which individual, firm and loan characteristics…

Accelerated tax depreciation and farm investment: evidence from Michigan

Leonard Polzin, Christopher A. Wolf, J. Roy Black

The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of accelerated depreciation deductions, which includes Section 179 and bonus depreciation, taken in the first year of asset life by…

Evolution of agriculture finance in India: a historical perspective

Nisha Bharti

Lack of access to finance is one of the major contributing to low profitability in agriculture. Various policy interventions were performed for promoting access to finance…