Global demand for food and farm commodities continues to grow, while land and other natural resources are becoming increasingly scarce. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), rising population, decreasing per capita arable land, soil degradation and changes in weather patterns are the major challenges...

An overwhelmingly large number of research studies in corporate Finance span the basis formed by chiefly three corporate policies - Financial policy (leverage), dividend policy, and investment policy. The two most oft-cited frictions, agency issues and asymmetric information, add complexities to...