...Soumyadwip Das; Sumit Kumar Maji Purpose Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy. Over 50% of the workforce is engaged in the agricultural sector, and at least 14% of India's GDP emanates from the farm sector. The present study aims to assess the technical efficiency of paddy farmers...

...Soumyadwip Das; Sumit Kumar Maji Purpose 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 savings behaviour of the farmers in India. Design/methodology/approach...

...Sumit Kumar Maji; Arindam Laha Purpose The article makes a modest attempt to explore the level of financial literacy (FL) amongst the farmers in India. An effort was also made to unearth the factors affecting such FL. Design/methodology/approach The study used secondary data on 11,030 farmers...

... is approximately 37% in Turkey (Yavuz and Dilek, 2019). These figures reveal that 17% of the population lives in the countryside in Turkey, but they have no agricultural activities. Agricultural finance Agriculture sector Bank loans Farmers Low-interest rates The Republic of Turkey Ziraat Bank...

...Tchekpo Fortune Ogouvide; Ygue Patrice Adegbola; Roch Cedrique Zossou; Afio Zannou; Gauthier Biaou Purpose This document analyses farmers' preferences and willingness to pay (CAP) for microcredit, in order to facilitate their access in rural areas. Design/methodology/approach Data are based...

... Farmers Index Usage Financial inclusion Multinomial logistic Financial inclusion has been defined as the “ease of access, availability, and usage of the formal financial system for all members of an economy” (Sarma and Pais, 2011). The improvement of financial inclusion has been identified...

...Yusuf Ibrahim Kofarmata; Abubakar Hamid Danlami Purpose The purpose of this paper is to model credit rationing among farmers in rural developing areas, based on micro level data of Kano State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A total of 835 households and 45 microfinance banks were...

..., analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Heckman's two-stage regression model to identify types of rationing faced by farmers and investigate factors that influence agricultural credit rationing by formal financial institutions. Data used in this study are gathered through a survey of 595 farmers in seven...

...Neil E. Harl The United States Constitution assures debtors a right to relief from creditors seeking to satisfy claims against debtors unable to pay their debts. For well over a century, farmers as debtors have enjoyed a favored status by being exempt from involuntary bankruptcy. The landmark 2005...