Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 82 Issue 4

Increasing rice productivity in Ghana: Do savings with rural and community banks matter?

Enoch Yao Vukey, Irene S. Egyir, Edward Asiedu, Nana Afranaa Kwapong

This paper analysed the motives behind farmers' savings with Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) and the effect of these savings on rice yield in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta…

Do high-resolution satellite indices at field level reduce basis risk of satellite-based weather index insurance?

Wienand Kölle, Matthias Buchholz, Oliver Musshoff

Satellite-based weather index insurance has recently been considered in order to reduce the high basis risk of station-based weather index insurance. However, the use of satellite…

Financial literacy and its determinants: the case of rural farm households in Ghana

Martinson Ankrah Twumasi, Yuansheng Jiang, Salina Adhikari, Caven Adu Gyamfi, Isaac Asare

This paper aims to examine the determinants of rural dwellers financial literacy in Ghana.

The effects of overconfident yield forecasting on cross-coverage level crop insurance demand

Clayton P. Michaud

This paper examines the effect of overconfident yield forecasting (optimism bias) on crop insurance coverage level choices across both yield and revenue insurance.

Illusion of control in farmers’ investment and financing decisions

Katarina Labajova, Julia Höhler, Carl-Johan Lagerkvist, Jörg Müller, Jens Rommel

People’s tendency to overestimate their ability to control random events, known as illusion of control, can affect financial decisions under uncertainty. This study developed an…

Measuring liquidity in agricultural land markets

Marlene Kionka, Martin Odening, Jana Plogmann, Matthias Ritter

Liquidity is an important aspect of market efficiency. The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, this paper aims to discuss indicators that provide information about…

Addressing the agricultural financing gap in Malaysia via Manihah Agricultural Financing Model: will Islamic banks go the extra mile?

Nur Hasnida Abd Rahman, Mohd Zaidi Md Zabri, Mohammad Mahbubi Ali

This paper introduces the concept of manihah and develops a conceptual framework to address Malaysia's abandoned lands and food security issues.

The impact of supply chain disruptions on stock market returns during COVID-19

Hélène Flore Nguemgaing, Ana Claudia Sant’Anna

How has COVID-19 impacted meat processors' stock returns? The authors evaluate the effects of supply chain disruptions (e.g. lockdowns and COVID-19 incidences among workers) on…

The regional economy of Central Macedonia: an application of the social accounting matrix

Anthia Maniati, Efstratios Loizou, Dimitrios Psaltopoulos, Konstadinos Mattas

The economic and social problems, including high unemployment, facing the Greek economy in recent years are substantial. The role of the agri-food sector and agriculture in…