The study provided two differing views in terms of functioning of various lending institutions operating in Maharashtra. While new generation lending institutions such as Self-Help Groups (SHGs) showed high rate of interest on loan advances, the traditional lending institutions, viz.,...

An investigation into rural credit delivery system in Maharashtra shows slower growth in institutional finances through commercial banks, credit cooperatives, RRBs and LDBs, particularly during the decade of 1991-2000, which is mainly due to adverse environment created by the financial sector...

The RFIs operating in the state of Maharashtra of India have not only shown slower growth in their loan advances and other operational indicators during the period between 1991 and 2000 but also poor performance thereafter. The credit cooperatives in particular have shown significantly high NPAs...

This paper explores unintended consequences of policy that restricts land ownership. I describe certain farmland investment funds that are active in Canada, policy in the Province of Saskatchewan that has restricted ownership since 1974, and how the two are related. I argue that global economic...

Der Arbeitsbericht beschreibt unter Bezug auf die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung die regionale Verteilung regionalwirtschaftlich relevanter raumwirksamer finanzieller Staatshilfen in der Förderperiode 1995 bis 2008. Betrachtungseinheiten sind die Bundesländer sowie die ländlichen und nicht...

Der Arbeitsbericht beschreibt unter Bezug auf die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung die regionale Verteilung regionalwirtschaftlich relevanter raumwirksamer finanzieller Staatshilfen in der Förderperiode 1995 bis 2008. Betrachtungseinheiten sind die Bundesländer sowie die ländlichen und nicht...

Bihar is characterized by excessive dependence of population on agriculture and dominance of small land holders. Small and marginal farmers constitute about 90 per cent of total farm households, whereas farm households owning land less than 0.5 constitute 78 per cent of total farm households and...

To identify the root causes of sugar cane yield and analysis the financial problems faced by cane growers of Sindh. The main aspect pertains to the capital required for adopting innovative farms technologies relied on appropriate expertise either comes from farmers own savings or through...

Pakistan, till today no research institution has been established for the development of potential sugar cane yield production and increase in the recovery rate of the crushed cane. As a result, sugar recovery is hardly 9.5 percent as against 12-14 percent in other world sugar producing...

Esta investigación estudia el efecto de dos programas para la renovación de cafetales en Colombia (Competitividad y Permanencia, Sostenibilidad y Futuro) sobre la estructura del parque productivo entre 2007 y 2011. Utilizando datos del sistema de información SICA de la Federación Nacional de...