This study investigated the extent to which climate variability (proxied by rainfall variability) and macroeconomic policies influenced food crop output in Nigeria. It used time series data obtained from Central Bank of Nigeria and National Bureau of Statistics (1978-2009). Four functional forms...

The lack of collateral prevents small-scale farm producers and processors from accessing commercial credit. Th is negatively affects farm productivity and product quality, limits the export potential of products, and prevents further development of the food supply chain. This paper reviews the...

Financing agricultural producers is one of the most acute problems within the entire scope of economic reforms in Kazakhstan. State financial support for agriculture in Kazakhstan is episodic in nature, small in size, and seldom reaches the target recipients, while the commercial banks are...

A discrete stochastic, programming model is formulated to study the gains from diversification when farming operations are augmented with off-farm financial assets that are not highly correlated with returns from farming. We extend past research by considering the dynamics of accumulating these...

Formal credit plays an important role for the development of the agriculture sector in developing countries because many farmers are characterized as liquidity constrained. Access to credit can increase farmers' purchasing power for inputs and agricultural technology, thus raising the overall...

The recent expansion of the sugar and ethanol industries has raised some concerns regarding a number of issues. One major concernis with the quality of employment, the level of remuneration, the presence of child labor, the low qualification of the workers,informality and the high presence of...

The national market for FLV (fruits, legumes and vegetables) has grown significantly in recent years. However, due to the high perishability of these products, their quality is subject to appropriate processes of standardization, selection, classification, packaging and transportation to avoid...

This paper uses a fundamental Q model of investment to consider the role playedby financing frictions in agricultural investment decisions, controlling econometrically forcensoring, heterogeneity and errors-in-variables. Our findings suggest that farmer's investment decisions are not driven by...

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A k?lf?ldi t?ke ?rdekl?d?se a magyar mez?gazdas?g ir?nt 87,2 milli?rd forint saj?tt?ke-r?sszel 2002-ben ?rte el a cs?csot a KSH adatai szerint. Forint?rfolya-mon sz?molva 1993 ?s 2001 k?z?tt 6,3-szeres?re n?tt a jegyzett t?k?ben a k?lf?l-di t?ke ?sszege, eur?ban sz?molva 2,6-szeres volt a...