Smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries have limited access to finance, due to the pau city of banks and other financial institutions in rural areas. As a result, banks and other formal financial institutions tend not to know much about... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Budget gives short shrift to agriculture
Though allied sectors and oilseeds have got higher funds, lower allocation for R&D and FPOs is a worry.
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Does weather risk explain low uptake of agricultural credit?: Evidence from Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 128, by Kibrom A. Abay, Bethelhem Koru, Jordan Chamberlin, and Guush Berhane. Abstract: Credit markets are key instruments by which liquidity constrained smallholder farmers may finance productivity investments. However, the documented low demand and uptake of agricultural credit by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa poses challenges for energizing rural transformation in the region. >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
