...Adam Salifu Purpose The availability of agricultural credit for smallholder farmers in developing countries is widely recognised as crucial for improving their productivity. This paper explores the loan repayment behaviour of smallholder farmers in farmer-based organisations (FBOs) under Ghana's...

.../methodology/approach This study used data on 5,883 farm households from the sixth round of the Ghana Living Standard Surveys (GLSS), which is nationally represented data at the household level. The data also includes a Labour Force Survey module. The sample frame was divided into a primary and secondary...

... crop farming households in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ propensity score matching (PSM) methods to address potential endogeneity issues that could arise from the estimation due to selection bias. This paper uses the seventh round of Ghana living standard survey dataset...

... was to quantitatively assess the impact of VSLA on the intensity of adoption of SAPs. Design/methodology/approach This study used cross-sectional data from 376 farming households in the East Gonja district of Ghana. An Endogenous Poisson Treatment Regression (EPTR) was applied to correct for self-selection bias...

... rice farmers in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Cross-sectional data from 250 rice farming households in the Mamprugu Moagduri district of the North East Region obtained from a multi-stage sampling technique were used for the study. Inverse Probability Weighted Regression Adjustment (IPWRA...

...Ernest Christlieb Amrago; Nicholas Oppong Mensah Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine trade credit from agrochemical vendors as an alternative source of finance for cabbage producers in the Bono East Region of Ghana. The determinants of trade credit supply and impact on cabbage...

...Martinson Ankrah Twumasi; Yuansheng Jiang; Salina Adhikari; Caven Adu Gyamfi; Isaac Asare Purpose This paper aims to examine the determinants of rural dwellers financial literacy in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional primary data set was used to estimate the factors...

...Enoch Yao Vukey; Irene S. Egyir; Edward Asiedu; Nana Afranaa Kwapong Purpose This paper analysed the motives behind farmers' savings with Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) and the effect of these savings on rice yield in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta region of Ghana. Design/methodology...

...Arnold Missiame; Patrick Irungu; Rose Adhiambo Nyikal; Grace Darko Appiah-Kubi Purpose The study aims to estimate the rates of exposure to, and adoption of, rural bank credit programs by smallholder farmers in rural Ghana and the factors responsible for those rates. Design/methodology/approach...

...Peter Dawuni; Franklin Nantui Mabe; Osman Damba Tahidu Purpose Agriculture in Ghana is dominated by smallholder farmers in rural areas. Majority of these farmers are resource-poor and faced with serious challenges in accessing formal financial services towards farming needs attributed...

... of irrigation on rice farmers' profitability in northern Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Using cross-sectional data collected from 543 rice farmers in northern Ghana, the study employed both non-parametric (cost benefit analysis) and parametric (endogenous switching regression) approaches to analyse...

...James Atta Peprah; Isaac Koomson; Joshua Sebu; Chei Bukari Purpose Does financial inclusion matter for productivity among smallholder farmers? The authors answer this question by using the sixth and seventh rounds of the Ghana Living Standard Survey to examine the extent to which financial...

... to the viability of such an insurance programme. The determinants of farmers' WTP are also identified. Research limitations/implications Sampling was limited to farmers using irrigation and living in one region of Ghana, which may limit the study’s wider applicability. Originality/value As far...

... the level of usage of formal financial services among Ghanaian agricultural households as well as factors influencing these levels. Design/methodology/approach Financial inclusion indicators associated with the usage of formal financial services are selected from the 2017 Ghana Living Standard Survey...

...Martinson Ankrah Twumasi; Yuansheng Jiang; Frank Osei Danquah; Abbas Ali Chandio; Wonder Agbenyo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of savings mobilization on access to credit among smallholder farmers’ in the Birim central municipality of Ghana. Design/methodology...

... was implemented in the Northern Region of Ghana. This paper uses the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) to estimate the average treatment effect of access to production credit on the productivity of smallholder farmers. The rationale for the choice of this estimation technique is to control for selection bias since...

...Martinson Ankrah Twumasi; Yuansheng Jiang; Monica Owusu Acheampong Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the factors influencing rural youth farmers’ credit constraints status and the effect of credit constraint on the intensity of participation of these farmers in Ghana. Design...

...Joseph A. Adjabui; Peter R. Tozer; David I. Gray Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess farmers’ willingness to participate and pay for weather-based index insurance in the Upper East Region of Ghana, and what factors influence the participation and purchase of crop insurance schemes...

...Abdul-Hanan Abdallah; Micheal Ayamga; Joseph A. Awuni Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: to determine the factors contributing to farm income in the Transitional and Savanna zones of Ghana and to ascertain variations between in the same and across the two locations; and to determine...

...Paul Kwame Nkegbe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between credit access and technical efficiency of smallholder crop farmers in northern Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a random sample of 445 farming households in the three northern regions...