Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 81 Issue 4

Improving productivity among smallholder farmers in Ghana: does financial inclusion matter?

James Atta Peprah, Isaac Koomson, Joshua Sebu, Chei Bukari

Does financial inclusion matter for productivity among smallholder farmers? The authors answer this question by using the sixth and seventh rounds of the Ghana Living Standard…

Does experience with agricultural loans improve farmers' well-being? Evidence from Benin

Nicaise Sheila M. Sagbo, Yoko Kusunose

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of loans provided by Benin's largest microlender.

Impact of credit market conditions on agriculture productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mohammed Shuaibu, Mamello Nchake

This study conducts an empirical analysis of the relationship between credit market conditions and agriculture output in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Profitability analysis of rice production: a microeconomic perspective from northern Ghana

Abraham Zakaria, Shaibu Baanni Azumah, Gilbert Dagunga, Mark Appiah-Twumasi

The purpose of this study is to estimate the profitability of rice production for irrigated and rain-fed farmers; determine the factors that influence farmers' decision to…

Revisiting the measurement of financial inclusion of rural smallholder farmers in Nigeria

Olayinka O. Adegbite, Charles L. Machethe, C. Leigh Anderson

This study aims to develop and apply a multidimensional measure of financial inclusion (FI) to address measurement issues and determine the level of FI of rural smallholder…

Are cooperatives transitioning from cost minimizers to profit maximizers?

Amanda Clymer, Whitney Bowman, Elizabeth A. Yeager, Brian C. Briggeman

The purpose of this paper is to examine the optimizing behavior of agricultural supply and marketing cooperatives in the US Midwestern states.

What farmers expect from the proposed formal agricultural credit policy: evidence from a randomized conjoint experiment in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

Masaood Moahid, Ghulam Dastgir Khan, Yuichiro Yoshida, Keshav Lall Maharjan, Imran Khan Wafa

This research measures the causal effects of pertinent agricultural credit policy attributes on farmers' participation probability and their willingness to pay (WTP) for…

Welfare impacts of rural credit and saving program in Kurfa Chele district, eastern Ethiopia: a propensity score matching estimation

Eric N. Okoyo, Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa, Jemal Y. Hassen, Moges Bezabih

This study is conducted to evaluate the impact of rural credit on farm household income and food security.