... tailored to smallholder farmers' needs. Joko Sustiyo can be contacted at: j.sustiyo@uq.edu.au 02 07 2025 10 11 2025 14 05 2026 07 07 2026 © Joko Sustiyo, Kodrad Winarno, Suzanne Bonner, Ammar Abdul Aziz and Risti Permani 2026 Joko Sustiyo, Kodrad Winarno, Suzanne Bonner...

...-based insurance Insurance adoption Gender of the insurance agent Mali Smallholder farmers G21 G22 Q14 With climate change intensifying, agricultural production risk is increasing (IPCC, 2022) and necessitates adequate risk management responses, particularly among smallholder farmers...

...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...

...-level, several studies at the micro-level focusing on smallholder farmers find that the gains from such loans are quickly eroded by high interest rates and inflexibility in the loan terms (see Ding et al., 2024 ; Odhiambo and Upadhyaya, 2021 ; Chandio et al., 2018). Such loans...

... a Discrete Choice Experiment with 420 smallholder farmers in central Madagascar, one of the region's poorest countries, to assess preferences for selected digital and conventional credit attributes. Findings Results of the mixed logit model and the comparison of the willingness-to-pay via Poe-test...

... Agricultural investment Sources of credit Smallholder farmers Amount of credit Q12 Q14 Agriculture is a major driver of rural development in many developing countries. Globally, it contributes to the well-being of the rural households as it serves as their major means of livelihood and source...

...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...

...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...

... rights only Probit model Northern Ghana Agricultural finance Smallholder farmers Farmer innovations Finance is the key driver of all activities in the agricultural value chain. Access to financial services guarantees production success by increasing access to productivity-enhancing...

...N’Banan Ouattara; Xiong Xueping; Trazié Bertrand Athanase Youan BI; Lacina Traoré; J.K. Ahiakpa; Odountan Ambaliou Olounlade Purpose Several years after the regularization of microfinance activity in Côte d’Ivoire, smallholder farmers’ access to microfinance credits still remains marginal...

...Edward Martey; Alexander N. Wiredu; Prince M. Etwire; John K.M. Kuwornu Purpose Production credit is essential for enhancing the technical efficiency (TE) and the welfare of smallholder farmers in Africa. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of credit on smallholders’ TE using cross...

... practice of supplying these financial products. Social implications – A rigorous understanding of the potential of index-insurance and credit is essential for identifying the right mix of financial products that help smallholder farmers to increase farm productivity and their own well-being...