Food and Farm
Food and Farm

Author: Christina H. Gladwin

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 9780819173867

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At no time in this century has there been such global uncertainty concerning the future stability of food and farm. While many Third World countries are unable to produce an adequate food supply for their inhabitants, the future of family farms in industrialized countries is jeopardized because food is overly abundant there.

Rural Growth Linkages
Rural Growth Linkages

Author: P. B. R. Hazell

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1983-01-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780896290426

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Research report on the linkage between rural development and household consumer expenditure, comprising case studies of Muda, Malaysia and Gusau, Nigeria - using data from previous surveys, examines the impact of family and farm size, access to consumer credit, household characteristics, etc., on family budget; finds that agricultural development induces expenditure on labour intensive consumer goods, thus a substantial growth in rural employment and nonfarm incomes; outlines the research method. Bibliography, diagrams, graphs and maps.

Do credit constraints affect agricultural technology adoption? Evidence from Nigeria
Do credit constraints affect agricultural technology adoption? Evidence from Nigeria

Author: Balana, Bedru

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 5

ISBN-13:

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The agricultural sector in Nigeria is characterized by low productivity that is driven in part by low use of modern agricultural technologies. Poor access to credit is seen by many observers to be one of the key barriers to adoption of these technologies. Literature suggests that credit constraints impede individuals from investing in productivity enhancing agricultural technologies and, thus, poor farmers are unable to engage in high-return agricultural activities. Much policy discourse and research literature associates agricultural credit constraints with supply-side factors, such as farmers not having access to credit sources or high costs of borrowing, and, thus, recommend that such supply-side constraints be addressed to improve smallholders’ access to credit. However, demand-side factors, such as borrower’s risk-averse behavior, financial illiteracy, collateral requirements, or perceived high transactions costs, can also play important roles in credit-rationing for smallholder farmers.