The Impact of Credit Facilities Given by Rural and Community Banks to Farmers – A Special Reference to Ghana

Rural Banking in third world countries is new off-springs from the banking industries whose contributions cannot be over emphasized. This stems from the fact that they have helped in alleviating the poverty menace in third world countries such as Ghana. Most rural banks in spite of their contribution towards helping prospective Ghanaian investors in establishing their own businesses are saddled with a number of objectives, to identify the types of credit facilities, to examine the factors working against the operations of the credit facilities; to evaluate the performance of banks. A number of rural banks in Ghana have been operating outside the confinements of the laws regulating banking and financial institutions. The researcher aimed at collecting data, both primary and secondary using a number of research techniques and methods. Notable among the methods may include: structured questionnaires and structured interview. It was recommended that the research findings would be used to identify risk areas in rural banking and as well as collaterals should worth in value more than the facilities provided by obligors, more importantly the findings of the research shown that multiple borrowing have effect on the profit of rural banks. The research was used as a secondary data for further research work for other researchers. It was concluded that Ghanaians benefited from the activities of rural banks, the researcher entreats all stakeholders in the banking industry who may have a role to play in making the research work a reality, to contribute their quota to the effective writing of this paper