This study establishes which factors affect Southeast US farmers' ability to meet their loan repayment obligations within the stipulated loan term. The study uses a 10-year (2003-2012) pooled cross-sectional data from the USDA ARMS survey data (Phase III). A probit model is used to regress...

The European Union is increasingly relying on direct payments to support farm incomes. Recent research has shown that a direct payment may increase production and investment by risk-averse farmers via a link between wealth, risk aversion and decision making. This paper shows that, even in the...

Index-based income insurance as a tool to insure the income of agriculturally active households has received certain attention in the scientific and development related discussion. Despite the convincing theoretical argumentation, the demand for these products stays behind expectations. Several...

We investigate the price and volatility transmission between natural gas, fertilizer (ammonia), and corn markets, an issue that has been traditionally ignored in the literature despite its significant importance. Using a Vector Error Correction Model for the conditional mean equation and a...

Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be limited access to formal savings. This is the first study to use a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of using mobile money as a tool to promote agricultural investment....

The research on investigating “Institutionalized co-production in delivery of agricultural services: Realities from cashew value chain in the southern regions of Tanzania” aimed in investigating realities of type, level and sources of services going in the cashew value chain in Tandahimba...