Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 83 Issue 4/5

Female smallholder farmers’ preferences for digital and conventional credit attributes: evidence from Madagascar

Annkathrin Wahbi, Yaw Sarfo, Oliver Musshoff

Digital credit is spreading rapidly across Sub-Saharan Africa and holds potential for financial inclusion and female financial autonomy. Women in developing economies have long…

The empirical demand for farm insurance in Ireland: a quantile regression approach

Jason Loughrey, Herath Vidyaratne

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the association between farm/farmer characteristics and unsubsidized farm insurance premium expenditure in Ireland. The distribution of…

Investments, subsidies and financial constraints in Estonian agriculture

Olha Aleksandrova, Imre Fertő, Ants-Hannes Viira

The purpose of this study is to explore the determinants of investment decisions of Estonian farms after the transition to market economy and accession to the European Union (EU)…

Struggle to survive: case of flood risk on US community banks

Nyonho Oh, Kevin Nooree Kim

The survivorship of firms under extreme weather poses an essential question about the local economy's health. Over 90% of agricultural banks are categorized as community banks…

Does crop insurance attenuate farm financial risk?

Madhav Regmi, Allen M. Featherstone, Jesse Tack

Federally subsidized crop insurance aims to mitigate farm risks of crop producers. A body of literature has examined informational problems under this program. However, few…

Simulating corn futures market reaction and prices under weekly yield forecasts

Francis Tsiboe, Jesse B. Tack, Keith Coble, Ardian Harri, Joseph Cooper

The increased availability and adoption of precision agriculture technologies has left researchers to grapple with how to best utilize the associated high-frequency large-volume…

Impact of village saving groups on adoption intensity of sustainable agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Northern region, Ghana

Abdul-Karim Alhassan, Vivian Fiatusey Boateng, Gideon Danso-Abbeam

Access to formal financial services is one of the main obstacles to the adoption of agricultural technologies such as Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAPs). In order to…

Input credit scheme, farm productivity and food security nexus among smallholder rice farmers: evidence from North East Ghana

Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa, Alhassan Abudu, Awal Abdul-Rahaman, Ernest Amegawovor Akey, Stephen Prah

This study examined the impact of the Input Credit Scheme (ICS) by the Integrated Water Management and Agriculture Development (IWAD) on the productivity and food security of…

Feeder and fed cattle purchases of livestock risk protection

Christopher N. Boyer, Eunchun Park, Karen L. DeLong, Andrew Griffith, Charles Martinez

Premium subsidy rates were increased in 2019 and 2020 for livestock risk protection (LRP) insurance, which is price insurance for cattle producers. The authors examined if the LRP…

Estimating US farmers' speed of climate change adaptation: the case of subsurface tile drainage

Haden Comstock, Nathan DeLay

Climate change is expected to cause larger and more frequent precipitation events in key agricultural regions of the United States, damaging crops and soils. Subsurface tile…

Beginning farmer status and financial performance differentials

Rebecca Weir, Joleen Hadrich, Alessandro Bonanno, Becca B.R. Jablonski

Beginning Farmer and Rancher programs are available for operators with ten years of experience or less on any farm. These programs support farmers who are starting operations…

Regulation and agriculture financing in Kenya

Kellen Murungi, Abdul Latif Alhassan, Bomikazi Zeka

The agricultural sector remains the backbone of several emerging economies, including Kenya, where it contributes 34% to its gross domestic product (GDP). However, access to…

Agricultural value chain participation and farmers' access to credit in northern Ghana

Timothy Anakwa Osei, Samuel A. Donkoh, Isaac Gershon Kodwo Ansah, Joseph A. Awuni, Mensah Tawiah Cobbinah

Promoted for its inclusivity, agricultural value chain (AVC) financing leverages social capital and mechanisms such as off-take agreements and forward contracts to reduce…

Remittances and agricultural productivity: the effect of heterogeneity in economic activity of farming households in Ghana

Mark Eghan, Charles Adjasi

This paper aims to test the impact of remittances receipt on agricultural productivity. The paper empirically assesses whether heterogeneity in economic activity of farming…

Impact of financial literacy and financial confidence on the savings behaviour of the farmers: the Indian scene

Soumyadwip Das, Sumit Kumar Maji

The study aims to explore the savings behaviour of Indian farmers. An attempt is also made to inspect the effect of financial literacy (FL) and financial confidence (FC) on the…