Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 79 Issue 2

Determinants of credit rationing among rural farmers in developing areas: Empirical evidence based on micro level data

Yusuf Ibrahim Kofarmata, Abubakar Hamid Danlami

The purpose of this paper is to model credit rationing among farmers in rural developing areas, based on micro level data of Kano State, Nigeria.

Estimating farm-level financing gap: a technical efficiency approach

Mathew Paul Ojo, Adeolu Babatunde Ayanwale

Much attention has been paid to farm credit access with less focus on determining the actual credit amount needed to bring about a specified increase in productivity relative to…

Factors influencing Midwestern grain farmers’ use of risk management tools

Brian K. Coffey, Ted C. Schroeder

The purpose of this paper is to identify the relationships between grain farm and farmer profiles and their respective choices to use forward pricing techniques and revenue…

Gender disaggregated effects of microcredit on capital accumulation in rural households: Evidence from Uganda

Rosemary Emegu Isoto, David Simon Kraybill

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on microcredit impacts by quantifying the gender disaggregated effects of long-term borrowing on capital accumulation…

Information asymmetries and agricultural credit: Evidence from the pre-banking era in Lima, 1825-1865

Luis Felipe Zegarra

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the functioning of the rural credit market of Lima from 1825 to 1865, paying special attention to the effect of information asymmetries on…

How important is the transitional yield (t-yield)? An analysis of reforms to organic crop insurance

Timothy A. Delbridge, Robert P. King

The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) made several changes to the crop insurance products available to organic growers for the 2014 crop year. Most notably, a 5 percent premium…

Stepping up to market participation of smallholder agriculture in rural areas of Indonesia

Joko Mariyono

The purpose of this paper is to analyse factors that determine farmers’ intention to commercialise vegetable-based agribusiness ventures in rural areas and assess the effect of…

Examining the financial performance of agricultural cooperatives in the USA

Krishna Prasad Pokharel, Madhav Regmi, Allen M. Featherstone, David W. Archer

The purpose of this paper is to identify financial stress and the causes of financial stress for agricultural cooperatives and provide management recommendations to stakeholders…