Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 79 Issue 1

A credibility-based yield forecasting model for crop reinsurance pricing and weather risk management

Wenjun Zhu, Lysa Porth, Ken Seng Tan

The purpose of this paper is to propose an improved reinsurance pricing framework, which includes a crop yield forecasting model that integrates weather variables and crop…

The Basel accords, capital reserves, and agricultural lending

Gary W. Brester, Myles J. Watts

The safety and soundness of financial institutions has become a leading worldwide issue because of the recent global financial crisis. Historically, financial crises have occurred…

Factors affecting Chinese farmers’ microcredit participation

Ming Qin, Cheryl Joy Wachenheim, Zhigang Wang, Shi Zheng

The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors affecting use of microcredit among farmers in Northern China.

Impact of agricultural credit on farm income under the Savanna and Transitional zones of Ghana

Abdul-Hanan Abdallah, Micheal Ayamga, Joseph A. Awuni

The purpose of this paper is twofold: to determine the factors contributing to farm income in the Transitional and Savanna zones of Ghana and to ascertain variations between in…

Microcredit and technology adoption: Sustained pathways to improve farmers’ prosperity in Indonesia

Joko Mariyono

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of microcredit and agronomic technology on farm households’ prosperity, and to determine important factors affecting farmers’…

Screening ability of private insurers in the federal crop insurance program

Sangkyun Park

The purpose of this paper is to scrutinize the structure of the federal crop insurance program and test whether participating private insurers screen insurance buyers better than…

Rural credit cooperatives’ contribution to agricultural growth: evidence from China

Yongqing Nan, Yanyan Gao, Qin Zhou

Rural credit cooperatives (RCCs) have long dominated China’s rural credit market and met most of agricultural credit demands while the existing literature seldom examines their…

Transformation of agriculture risk management: The new horizon of regulatory compliance in farm credits

Ahmad Raza Bilal, Mirza Muhammad Ali Baig

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the balanced role of internal and external compliance in risk evaluation process of specialized agriculture financing. The authors…