..., agricultural activity entails risks associated with the volatility of net cash flows and external events, which may discourage riskier but higher return investments (e.g. technology). As rural credit can alleviate the former, and rural insurance may help alleviate the latter, the combination of both policies...

...Eric N. Okoyo; Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa; Jemal Y. Hassen; Moges Bezabih Purpose This study is conducted to evaluate the impact of rural credit on farm household income and food security. Design/methodology/approach A multistage random sampling procedure is implemented to select 180 (82 credit...

... 01 2018 08 01 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Sarat Chandra Dhal can be contacted at: scdhal@rbi.org.in Logit model Agricultural finance Informal finance Institutional finance Money lenders Rural credit...