Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 79 Issue 5

Factors affecting the use of forage index insurance: Empirical evidence from Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada

Mitchell Roznik, Milton Boyd, Lysa Porth, C. Brock Porth

The purpose of this paper is to examine factors affecting the use of forage index insurance. Forage is a difficult crop to insure, and index insurance may be well suited for…

Understanding the intention to use commodity futures contracts

Marius Michels, Johannes Möllmann, Oliver Musshoff

Adoption rates of commodity futures contracts among farmers are rather low in Europe despite their political support. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the…

Determinants of agri-lending in Kenya

Michelle Maloba, Abdul Latif Alhassan

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that influence financial institutions’ lending to the agricultural sector in Kenya.

Farmers’ characteristics’ and the propensity to reduce debt: The case for New Zealand (NZ) primary producers

Bruce Greig, Peter Nuthall, Kevin Old

The purpose of this paper is to investigate a farm manager’s personal characteristics (personality, age, education, objectives, experience, etc.) as drivers of debt payback…

Financing from Islamic microfinance institutions: evidence from Indonesia

Bayu Arie Fianto, Christopher Gan, Baiding Hu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors that determine rural households’ access to finance provided by Islamic microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Indonesia.

Labor-use efficiency and New York dairy farm financial performance

Jing Yi, Jennifer Ifft

Dairy farms, along with livestock and specialty crop farms, face a tight labor supply and increasing labor costs. To overcome the challenging labor market, farm managers can…

Electronic wallet technology and the enabling environment of smallholder farmers in Nigeria

Joseph Ikechukwu Uduji, Elda Nduka Okolo-Obasi, Simplice Anutecia Asongu

The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the impact of a growth enhancement support scheme (GESS) on the enabling environment of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan…