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Business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in Nigeria:
Olomola, Aderbigbe - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This study employs primary data collected through structured questionnaires from 300 agrodealers and uses a Tobit type-II model for the analysis. The results show that interest rate, debt, value of asset, membership of trading association, and source of credit are major determinants of loan...
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Loan demand and rationing among small-scale farmers in Nigeria:
Olomola, Aderbigbe; Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
To this end, this study seeks to (1) examine the nature of risks facing small-scale farmer-borrowers in Nigeria, (2) analyze the demand for agricultural credit by farmers and highlight the key determinants of this demand, (3) ascertain the extent to which farmers are credit rationed and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114780
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Improving diagnostics for aflatoxin detection:
Harvey, Jagger; Gnonlonfin, Benoit; Fletcher, Mary; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850555
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Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops:
Gardebroek, Cornelis; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Robles, Miguel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of volatility between the corn, wheat, and soybean markets … in the United States. Volatility interactions across markets, if they exist, may lower the effectiveness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850569
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Co-movement of major commodity price returns: A time-series assessment:
de Nicola, Francesca; De Pace, Pierangelo; Hernandez, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the degree of co-movement among the nominal price returns of 11 major energy, agricultural, and food commodities using monthly data between 1970 and 2013. The authors study the extent and the time evolution of unconditional and conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886774
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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
foreign exchange market, however. Various versions of managed floats and controls in foreign capital markets exist that can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933116
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Market imperfections for tractor service provision in Nigeria: International perspectives and empirical evidence:
Takeshima, Hiroyuki - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
In order to distinguish the impacts of technology adoption at the extensive margin from those at the intensive margin, in the empirical analyses we tested these hypotheses focusing on the differences among marginal adopters of tractor hiring services and nonadopters of similar characteristics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272216
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The quiet revolution in agrifood value chains in Asia: The case of increasing quality in rice markets in Bangladesh
Minten, Bart; Murshid, K.A.S.; Reardon, Thomas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
intake—the share of the less expensive, low-quality coarse rice is shown to be rapidly decreasing in rice markets and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395604
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2013 Global Food Policy Report
Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750336
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Reforming agricultural markets in Africa: Achievements and challenges
Kherallah, Mylene (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
reforms to deregulate agricultural markets and reduce the role of state enterprises. How much has the state actually withdrawn … from agricultural markets? Have well-functioning private markets emerged? How successful were these reforms in boosting …, focusing on three major agricultural markets: fertilizer, food crops, and export crops. They examine the historical rationales …
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