Many laws and regulations in developing countries drive small businesspeople out of the formal banking sector and into the hands of high-cost and sometimes unscrupulous moneylenders in the informal sector. The author looks at these barriers to credit for small farmers and firms and suggests...

Agro-investment in the fourth industrial revolution will be an imperative driving factor and a sacrosanct enabler for small farm business entrepreneurs to participate holistically in the agricultural economic value chain. Investing in advanced technology and entrepreneurship has the potential to...

The paper analyzes the value chains of small-scale organic turmeric processing enterprises in Kandhamal district of Orissa state in India. The key sections of the paper provide the background of evolution of these enterprises, their business operations, various chain participants and their...

This paper examined how microfinance institutions have influenced small scale farming of wheat in the adoption of technology. Statistics show that wheat production has declined due to poor technological input as well as environmental factors. This study used descriptive survey design. The target...

This paper presents the state of integration of small-scale dairy farms in value chains in Bulgaria and a case study on organic farming as a new prospective approach for market inclusion. It outlines the evolution of dairy sheep farming and organic production, analyzes the pace, factors and...

Small, subsistence-farming operations have patched the countryside and the cultural framework of Poland throughout its history. This tradition is threatened by globalization, especially Poland's recent entry into the European Union. EU rural restructuring programs seek to remedy the...