Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 79 Issue 3

Variance risk premia for agricultural commodities

Wenwen Xi, Dermot Hayes, Sergio Horacio Lence

The purpose of this paper is to study the variance risk premium in corn and soybean markets, where the variance risk premium is defined as the difference between the historical…

The impact of credit on the technical efficiency of maize-producing households in Northern Ghana

Edward Martey, Alexander N. Wiredu, Prince M. Etwire, John K.M. Kuwornu

Production credit is essential for enhancing the technical efficiency (TE) and the welfare of smallholder farmers in Africa. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of…

The optimal capital structure of Swiss dairy farms

Anke Schorr, Markus Lips

The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel way of determining optimal capital structure, applied to sub-groups of Swiss dairy farms from 2003 to 2014. Optimization of capital…

Challenges and changes in Indian rural credit market: a review

Sougata Ray

Post-independence, the rural credit market in India has undergone significant structural changes in order to enhance the availability and efficient use of credit. The purpose of…

Do farmer and credit specific characteristics matter in microfinance programmes’ participation? Evidence from smallholder farmers in Ada west and east districts

Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Yaw Osei-Asare, Emmanuel Kodjo Tetteh

Users of smallholder farmer microfinance are able to make enough returns to repay credits advanced to them. However, they are in dire need of financial capital such that they are…

Agribusiness value impacts from highly pathogenic avian influenza

Jada M. Thompson, Carlos J.O. Trejo-Pech, Dustin L. Pendell

The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of 2014–2015 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the largest animal health emergency in US history to date, on…

Poverty alleviation through microcredit in Sub-Saharan Africa revisited: New evidence from a Cameroonian village bank, the Mutuelle Communautaire de Croissance

Gertrud Buchenrieder, Josephine Nguefo Gnilachi, Emmanuel Olatunbosun Benjamin

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of microcredit on per capita income of farm households in Cameroon. It discusses short- and long-term implications of access to…

German farmers’ acceptance of subsidized insurance associated with reduced direct payments

Johannes Möllmann, Marius Michels, Oliver Musshoff

The outstanding reform of the Common Agriculture Policy allows for changes regarding its most criticized component, the direct payment scheme. The purpose of this paper is to…