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The Impact of Bank Structure on Small Business and Small Farm Lending

Craig, Steven G.; Hardee, Polly T. - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 6 (2001) 1, pp. 59-83

This paper empirically explores the impact of bank size, holding company affiliation and the degree of branching on small business and farm lending through a conceptual analysis encompassing private information asymmetries inherent in these bank dependent borrowers. The study expands the...

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Exploring the role of interest rates, macroeconomic environment, agricultural cycle, and gender on loan demand in the agricultural sector: Evidence from Mali

Ölkers, Tim; Mußhoff, Oliver - In: Agribusiness 40 (2023) 2, pp. 484-512

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...

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Review of the financial environment for agricultural producers in Armenia

Kasarjyan, Milada - In: Banwa 6 (2009) 1, pp. 63-73

The lack of collateral prevents small-scale farm producers and processors from accessing commercial credit. This 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...

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Do CAP direct payments stabilise farm income? Empirical evidences from a constant sample of Italian farms

Severini, S.; Tantari, A.; Di Tommaso, G. - In: Agricultural and Food Economics 4 (2016) 6, pp. 1-17

Common Agricultural Policy uses a large share of its budget to support and stabilise the income of EU farmers by means of direct payments (DP). This paper assesses how much and how DP reduce the variability of farm income over time. The analysis is developed on a constant sample of 2402 Italian...

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Examining farm financial management: How do small US farms meet their agricultural expenses?

Omobitan, Omobolaji; Khanal, Aditya R. - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 15 (2022) 3, pp. 1-15

Small farms in the US have significant challenges in financial management. This study examines how small farmers undertake farm financial management to meet their agricultural and farm-related spending and expenses. Using primary survey data from Tennessee, the study investigates the factors...

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Promoting ecosystem-friendly irrigation farm management practices for sustainable livelihoods in Africa: The Ghanaian experience

Agula, Caesar; Akudugu, Mamudu Abunga; Mabe, Franklin Nantui - In: Agricultural and Food Economics 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-21

The contribution of farming to food security, nutrition, employment and poverty alleviation in Africa cannot be overemphasised. This paper analysed the effects of adopting ecosystem-based farm management practices (EBFMPs) on the livelihoods of irrigation farmers in Africa, using Ghana as a case...

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Innovation and valorization in supply chain network

Cembalo, Luigi - In: Agricultural and Food Economics 3 (2015), pp. 1-4

the analysis of new organizations and governance frameworks in the agribusiness. Since this subject needs a deeper …

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Social responsibility in Ukrainian agriculture: the regional issue

Levkivska, Larysa; Levkovych, Inna - In: Eastern Journal of European Studies 8 (2017) 1, pp. 97-114

The social responsibility of agribusiness is currently one of the highly debated issues. Factors such as the … Responsibility (CSR) highly relevant to Ukrainian agribusiness. The paper provides insights on the understanding of CSR by the …

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Is Agribusiness Different? Firm-Level Evidence of Perceived Corruption in Post-Soviet Countries

Herzfeld, Thomas; Kulyk, Iryna; Wolz, Axel - In: Eastern European Economics 56 (2018) 6, pp. 504-521

looks at whether managers in the agribusiness sector perceive corruption differently than do managers in other sectors. The … range of econometric models, however, do not reveal differences between agribusiness and other sectors at large. Only in two … of ten specifications do respondents from agribusiness tend to perceive corruption as occurring less frequently than do …

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Regulatory compliance as fulfilment of corporate social responsibility: an interpretative textual analysis on sustainability reports of two Chinese listed agribusinesses

Wang, Xiaorui - In: Asian Journal of Sustainability and Social … 2 (2017) 1, pp. 23-40

Through a series of interpretative textual analysis on the sustainability related non-financial disclosures of two large agribusinesses in the People's Republic of China, this paper intends to reveal how these reports are used to respond to institutional and social pressures, and how the firms...

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