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Insurance systems for the most vulnerable: Lessons from Malawi
P. Suarez;J. Linnerooth-Bayer / Wiley Online Library, 2010
Insurance instruments that provide economic security against droughts, floods, tropical cyclones and other weather extremes have emerged as an opportunity for developing countries to reduce their vuln...
Insurance for extreme drought hazards in Chilean index-based drought programmes
K. Baez;E. Iglesias / AgEcon Search, 2011
The vulnerability of grazing livestock systems with close dependence on silvo-pastoral systems highlights the need for tools to evaluate and mitigate the adverse impacts of drought. The aim of this...
Many Nepali mid-hills farmers practice agricultural intensification, but improved extension programmes and credit provision are needed to improve adoption
N. Raut;B.K. Sitaula;A. Vatn / Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2011
The problems encountered by Nepalese farmers in the adoption of agricultural intensification (AI), and the constraints and complexities of sustainable AI are not thoroughly understood. This study a...
Why Chinese farmers choose informal financial associations more than formal financial institutions
Y. Yuan;Y. Hu;P. Gao / AgEcon Search, 2011
Informal credit markets are very active in China. This paper investigates farmers' borrowings in China from both formal and informal sources with higher/lower interest, by looking into both demand ...
Rural Kenyans’ awareness of phone-based banking services is high, but usage is low
O.K. Kirui;J.J. Okello;R.A. Nyikal / AgEcon Search, 2010
Smallholder farmer access to agricultural finance has been a major constraint to agricultural commercialisation in developing countries, yet ICT revolution in Africa has brought an opportunity to ease...
Practical guide to improving access to finance in rural areas
T. de Klerk / Network Learning, 2009
Rural finance refers to financial services such as savings, lending, insurance and remittance services provided by a variety of actors. These actors can be friends, relatives, shopkeepers, traders, mo...
Lack of credit drives India's agrarian distress
D Mishra / Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, 2006
Based a survey conducted in three villages in the Indian state of Orissa, this article suggests that apart from the production failures and risks encountered in the increasingly volatile output market...
 Farmer Participatory Research in Northern Tanzania: the FARM-Africa model
R. Ewbank;A. Kasindei;F. Kimaro;S. Slaa / Farm Africa, 2007
This document reviews the demand-led participatory model of farmer research and extension implemented by FARM-Africa Tanzania in their Babati Rural Development Research project (2000–200...
Recommendations for improving horticultural marketing in Ethiopia
B. Emana; H. Gebremedhin / Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2007
What are the major opportunities and constraints to improving horticultural production and . marketing in Ethopia? Using questionnaire-evidence and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools, this stu...
Without appropriate credit services, participation in global markets can lead to greater debt and impoverishment
R.M. Aggarwal / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006
It is often argued that an important reason why globalisation may lead to GDP growth but fail to reduce poverty is because the poor are unable to participate in new market opportunities and are thus m...

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