What is it about?
This research makes an objective assessment of a typical production credit contract farming and its effect on farm production and income.
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Why is it important?
Many research often consider only the production impact of such production contracts, without going further to assess whether this output is translated into welfare indicators. Our contrasting finding that even though input credit increases output but not income is quite unique and defies the general notion and conclusion from most studies
Perspectives
I think that contracts, whether cash or credit, must be designed with the welfare of the farmers in mind, rather than only being business oriented.
Dr Isaac G. K Ansah
University for Development Studies
Input credit should ultimately benefit the poor farmers and so the design should embody poverty reducing strategies.
Paul Kwame Nkegbe
University for Development Studies
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This page is a summary of: Effect of input credit on smallholder farmers’ output and income, Agricultural Finance Review, February 2018, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/afr-05-2017-0032.
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