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Harvest, railway transportation and banking services to the agriculture in the Central Black Earth Region of the Russian Empire in the late 19 th century

Salomatina, Sofya A.; Ivakin, Vladislav Y. - In: Russian journal of economics 7 (2021) 2, pp. 119-136

banking services to agriculture producers and traders. Statistical analysis of this data disproves the prevailing historical … were provided to not just industrial and stock markets customers. In those regions dominated by agriculture, services …

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Technical efficiency in production of major food grains in Punjab, Pakistan

Salam, Abdul; Hameed, Abdul - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 39 (2022) 2, pp. 201-222

maize in Punjab province in Pakistan. Technical efficiency, under varying returns to scale, in wheat farming averaged 0 …Based on the 2016-2017 farm survey data, this study examines technical efficiency in the production of wheat, rice, and … to be operating under increasing returns to scale. Estimations of scale inefficiency in wheat cultivation hovered around …

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Self-selection into credit markets : evidence from agriculture in Mali

Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, … - 2014

We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...

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Agricultural financing to guarantee food safety in an emerging nation : a case study of Nigeria

Omodero, Cordelia Onyinyechi; Ehikioya, Benjamin - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 23 (2022) 1, pp. 53-59

Investment in agriculture is very crucial in the present situation of Nigeria. The effort to overcome food insecurity …, the right step to take is to adequately finance agriculture in order to ensure sufficient food production and safety that … will save the future of the country. This study emphasizes on investment in agriculture to guarantee food security in …

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Impact evaluation of support to collective action for agricultural value chain development in Nepal

Raitzer, David A.; Batmunkh, Odbayar - 2022

Matching grant programs administered to agricultural groups and cooperatives have emerged as a means of helping smallholder farmers to commercialize in Nepal. These programs help farmers to access information on new technologies, overcome barriers to productive investment, and connect with...

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Measuring the immeasurable : the evolution of the size of informal economy in the agricultural sector in the EU-15 up to 2019

Schneider, Friedrich; Morkunas, Mangirdas; Quendler, Erika - 2021

This study is the first scientific attempt to calculate the size of the informal economy in agriculture. The Multiple … higher levels of informal economy in agriculture compared to the overall economy. The impact of subsidies and farm … organizations on the development of the informal economy are two important factors for these higher values in agriculture. The …

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Spatially-aggregated temperature derivatives : agricultural risk management in China

Zong, Lu; Ender, Manuela - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 4 (2016) 3, pp. 1-17

In this paper, a new form of weather derivative contract, namely the climatic zone-based growth degree-day (GDD) contract, is introduced. The objective is to increase the risk management efficiency in the agricultural sector of China and to reduce the model dimension of multi-regional...

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Leveraging SME finance through value chains in the CAREC landlocked economies

Boojoo, Lakshmi - 2019

This paper analyzes the situation of SMEs in Mongolia, especially their financial situation and financing mechanisms, the business environment, the existing policies, and value chain analysis, and makes suggestions for enhancing their development. Value chains that have their potential developed...

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Leveraging small and medium-sized enterprise finance through value chains in Georgia

Khishtovani, Giorgi; Saghareishvili, Mariam; Basilidze, … - 2019

A strong small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector can contribute much to a country's economy by fostering innovation, creating jobs, and reducing poverty. This paper examines the status of SME finance in Georgia and the involvement of Georgian SMEs in global value chains. The role of SMEs...

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Understanding farmers' valuation of agricultural insurance : evidence from Viet Nam

King, Michael; Singh, Anuj Pratap - 2018

We employ a novel approach to investigate the reasons for a low demand for agricultural insurance. We confirm that farmers systematically undervalue agricultural insurance. First, we find that private transfers, mainly from family members, explain under-valuation of agricultural insurance....

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