... of empirical evidence to support these claims. Therefore, this study investigated the factors influencing fish farmers’ access to microcredit from digital innovation platforms and the impact of this microcredit on fish farms’ yield and income in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-methods approach...

.../approach The paper analyzes a sample of smallholder farmers in the Ratanakiri province in northeastern Cambodia, a country with a long history of microfinance and a saturated microcredit market. Employing a binary and a multinomial logit model, this paper assesses the effect of individual risk attitude...

... that target women regarding loan programs. The study provides a simple yet valuable lesson for future credit impact evaluations: the context of the loan program as well as the evaluation indicators is essential. Social implications This study’s findings suggest that microcredit, when offered judiciously...

...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...

...Sylvester Amoako Agyemang; Tomáš Ratinger; Samuel Ahado Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of microcredit on smallholder poultry production and its subsequent role on domestic protein and food supply. Design/methodology/approach Cross-sectional farm-level data from 61...

...Gertrud Buchenrieder; Josephine Nguefo Gnilachi; Emmanuel Olatunbosun Benjamin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of microcredit on per capita income of farm households in Cameroon. It discusses short- and long-term implications of access to microcredit on income poverty...

...Rosemary Emegu Isoto; David Simon Kraybill Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on microcredit impacts by quantifying the gender disaggregated effects of long-term borrowing on capital accumulation in order to address the existing gap. Separate models are estimated...

...Ming Qin; Cheryl Joy Wachenheim; Zhigang Wang; Shi Zheng Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors affecting use of microcredit among farmers in Northern China. Design/methodology/approach A two-stage Heckman model is used to estimate the effect of farmer and family...

...Jerry R. Skees; Barry J. Barnett While significant progress in microcredit and microfinance has been made in low‐income countries, lending for small farming enterprises has been limited. This article reviews how innovative index‐based risk‐transfer products (IBRTPs) can be used to transfer...