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farm size in Africa using Ghana as a case study. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs mixed methods … agricultural productivity in Africa using Ghana as a case study. Thus the paper is of relevance to policy-makers and practitioners … in Africa and Ghana in particular who are seeking to make informed policy decisions on effectively incorporating credit …
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investment and to provide theoretical reasons as to why this linkage may not materialise in Africa within the short to medium … agricultural investments are made defective in Africa by factors such as poverty, lack of appropriate agro-based infrastructure and … the fact that land registration per se does not improve the profitability of agriculture, neither does it improve access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561120
investment and to provide theoretical reasons as to why this linkage may not materialise in Africa within the short to medium … agricultural investments are made defective in Africa by factors such as poverty, lack of appropriate agro‐based infrastructure and … the fact that land registration per se does not improve the profitability of agriculture, neither does it improve access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667137
with adoption of new technologies or production practices in production agriculture. Design/methodology/approach – This …
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Purpose – For many farm families and operators across the OECD countries, off-farm income has become a major determinant of their well-being. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential role of off-farm employment as a risk management tool among farm operators....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365021
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine if a single dominant measure defines farm size and farm performance consistently over a ten-year time period, or if alternative measures are needed. The paper also seeks to determine the correlation between farm size and farm performance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365025
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of the levels of inaccuracy associated with three different premium estimation methods, one of which attempts to mimic the protocol currently used by the Risk Management Agency (RMA), on the actuarial performance of the US crop...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551569
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine if there are positive microeconomic effects from a state-funded loan participation program on farm productivity and investment behavior. Design/methodology/approach – The authors take the approach that access to credit solves a liquidity...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine a new insurance policy against natural disasters. Design/methodology/approach – The authors propose an optimisation model, which involves both the insurer and the farmer. The farmer decides to insure his farm if and only if insurance improves...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551571
Purpose – Farm level data are essential to accurate setting of crop insurance premium rates, but their time series tends to be too short to allow them to be the sole data source. County level data are available in longer time series, however. The purpose of this paper is to present a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551574