Limited access to credit for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), especially in developing
countries, has been identified as a major bottleneck limiting their size, growth, profits …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the Ministry of Food and
Agriculture (MoFA) Block Farm Credit Programme (BFCP) participation on crop output in four …

Access to credit is one of the constraints facing smallholder farmers in South Africa. This
paper investigates the factors that determine the demand for credit by smallholder farmers …

This study looks at owner, enterprise and credit institution characteristics that may influence
access to credit, source of credit and the quantum of the credit by small scale enterprises …

The government of Ghana has given significant attention to promoting adoption of rice
varieties among farmers in Ghana. However, there are low adoption and high dis-adoption …

In Nigeria, one of the major constraints to the decline in agriculture's contribution to the
economy is inaccessibility to capital by small scale farmers. This study therefore examined …

It is acknowledged that agricultural credit market has generally not done well in Kenya and
Kapenguria in particular, and several efforts to improve the scenario have addressed the …

Poverty has adverse impact on economic growth, human dignity and wellbeing. Therefore,
experiments with microloans to tackle financial exclusion and underinvestment have positive …

The importance of credit demand cannot be overemphasised given its potential positive
influence on individuals' livelihood and economic growth of countries. In spite of the financial …

The study assessed agricultural credit accessibility by arable crop farmers in Odo-Otin Local
Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria. Multi stage sampling procedure was used in …