Analyzing agricultural sustainability is essential for designing and assessing rural
development initiatives. However, accurately measuring agricultural sustainability is …

A goal of agricultural policy in India has been to reduce farmers' dependence on informal
credit. To that end, recent initiatives are focused explicitly on rural areas and have a positive …

We evaluate the impact of access to credit on rural households' per capita annual income
using an endogenous switching regression approach, an increasingly popular method of …

Agriculture is inherently a risky enterprise because of its dependence on rainfall. To mitigate
risks, farmers diversify crops and enterprises, maintain stabilization account or resort to the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the correlates of crop insurance adoption
and estimate the impact on debt and farm income. Design/methodology/approach The …

Purpose This paper is an attempt to understand the pattern of credit among agricultural
households in Eastern India and to identify the correlates of their access to institutional credit …

Sustainable development warrants cognizance of the limits of the ecosystem in terms of
carrying capacity and technological externalities and, therefore, the limited extent of …

Realizing the significance of agricultural credit and considering millets and rice are the
major crops in Odisha, this study proposes to examine the impact of agricultural credit …

Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of access to credit on maize
productivity in Mali, by identifying the determinants of credit market participation and maize …

Credit is used as an instrument to raise the capital required to increase farm productivity,
income and welfare of farmers, particularly small and marginal farmers who lack the capital …