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Supply and Demand for Livestock Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons for Designing New Credit Schemes
Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Ehui, S K; Von Kaufmann, R - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 2002
Based on analysis of credit supply in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria, it is shown that public credit institutions … do not have sufficient funds to meet the demand for livestock credit and cannot mobilize savings from their clients or … other commercial sources for one reason or another. In addition, available credit does not reach those who need it the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011246206
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Access and Use of Credit in Uganda: Unlocking the Dilemma of Financing Small Holder Farmers
Munyambonera, Ezra; Nampewo, Dorothy; Adong, Annet; … - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2012
This policy brief is about access and use of credit in Uganda by small holder farmers. The brief uses the secondary … agricultural financing initiatives and other reforms in the financial sector in the last 20 years, access to credit by small holder …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920216
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Non-Credit Services of Group-Based Financial Institutions: Implications for Smallholder Women’s Honey Income in Arid and Semi Arid Lands of Kenya
Otieno, Peter Shimon; Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo; Mugivane, … - 2008
This paper analyses the effect of non-credit services of joint liability credit institutions on smallholder women … beekeepers’ honey income. The non-credit services offered to the beekeepers are mainly enterprise development services (training … beekeepers participating in group-based credit programmes; the survey was conducted in September 2005 in Makueni district of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446370
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Non-Credit Services of Group-Based Financial Institutions: Implications for Smallholder Women’s Honey Income in Arid and Semi Arid Lands of Kenya
Otieno, Peter Shimon; Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo; Mugivane, … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
This paper analyses the effect of non-credit services of joint liability credit institutions on smallholder women … beekeepers’ honey income. The non-credit services offered to the beekeepers are mainly enterprise development services (training … beekeepers participating in group-based credit programmes; the survey was conducted in September 2005 in Makueni district of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068393
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The Role of Credit Access in Improving Cocoa Production in West African Countries
Nyemeck, J.B.; Gockowski, James; Nkamleu, Guy Blaise - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
include voluntary saving and credit cooperatives, which could pool funds from surplus units for lending to deficit farmers so …This study uses survey data to examine the role of access to credit on cocoa production, in West African cocoa … to simulate the counterfactual of what cocoa production would be in the absence of credit facilities. The survey results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068438
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Formas plurais de governança no sistema agroindustrial citrícola paulista
Mello, Fabiana Ortiz T.; Paulillo, Luiz Fernando Oriani - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 48 (2010) 1
The citrus agroindustrial system is a very interesting example of the interaction of different forms of governance. The … the choice for multiple channels and forms of governance the only one available for many producers. Nevertheless, the main … in terms of governance, making contractual mix a stable situation rather than a transitory one. …
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Rural development in Botswana: Experience from elsewhere and emerging issues
Moepeng, Pelotshweu - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2013
Poverty incidence is one of the most critical concerns in Botswana and the government has resolved to eradicate this problem and ensure that every citizen live in a dignified and acceptable condition consistent with the national aspirations as set out in the National Vision 2016. Currently,...
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Bayesian estimation of non-stationary Markov models combining micro and macro data
Storm, Hugo; Heckelei, Thomas - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
In this poster a Bayesian estimation framework for a non-stationary Markov model is developed for situations where sample data with observed transition between classes (micro data) and aggregate population shares (macro data) are available. Posterior distributions on transition probabilities are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021081
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The Economic Determinants of the On-farm Management of Rice Cultivars in the Rhone River Delta (France)
Jaeck, Melanie; Lifran, Robert - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011
The aims of our paper are to identify economic determinants of the on-farm cultivars diversity and to empirically characterize the farmers' diversification choices. We focus on the private decision making process involving the choice of rice cultivars and the corresponding allocation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320474
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Factors Affecting the Impact of CAP Scenarios on Farm Structure: An Analysis Based on Stated Intentions
Bartolini, Fabio; Viaggi, Davide - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
Several authors have emphasised the effect of agricultural policy (such as SFP) as a driver of structural change. This paper aims to identify the determinants of the change in the use of productive factors under different policy scenarios. The analysis is performed ex ante, assessing the effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009326342