...Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa; Alhassan Abudu; Awal Abdul-Rahaman; Ernest Amegawovor Akey; Stephen Prah Purpose This study examined the impact of the Input Credit Scheme (ICS) by the Integrated Water Management and Agriculture Development (IWAD) on the productivity and food security of smallholder...

... generalised method of moments dynamic panel model because potential reverse causation and endogeneity are addressed. Findings The findings show that better credit market conditions contribute to agriculture productivity. The results also show that better infrastructure and availability of agriculture...

...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...

...Ralph Essem Nordjo; Charles K.D. Adjasi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of access to production credit on the productivity of smallholder farmers. Design/methodology/approach Data for the study were drawn from the Agricultural Value Chain Facility (AVCF), which...

...Samuel Sekyi; Benjamin Musah Abu; Paul Kwame Nkegbe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine farmers’ access to credit, credit constraint, and productivity in the Northern Savannah ecological zone of Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Secondary data from the Ghana Feed the Future...

...Mamudu Abunga Akudugu Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the connections of agricultural productivity, access to credit and farm size in Africa using Ghana as a case study. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs mixed methods – quantitative and qualitative strategies...

...Pavel Ciaian; Jan Fałkowski; d'Artis Kancs Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how farm production and input use (land, variable inputs, labour, and capital) is related to farm access to credit in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) transition countries. Design/methodology/approach...