Purpose: The study aims to estimate the rates of exposure to, and adoption of, rural bank credit programs by smallholder farmers in rural Ghana and the factors responsible for those rates. Design/methodology/approach: The study used a random sample of 300 smallholder farmers in the Fanteakwa...

Information Communication Technology (ICT)

Information Communication Technology (ICT)

The rising world prices for major tradable staples such as maize have been a concern for sub-Saharan countries such as Kenya which are maize deficit countries. Maize is a major staple foodfor over 80 percent of Kenya’s population. Kenya relies on maize for up to 40 percent of itsdietary energy...

Smallholder farmer access to agricultural finance has been a major constraint to agricultural commercialization in developing countries. The ICT revolution in Africa has however brought an opportunity to ease this constraint. The mobile phone-based banking services that started in Kenya urban...

The rising world prices for major tradable staples such as maize have been a concern for sub- Saharan countries such as Kenya which are maize deficit countries. Maize is a major staple food for over 80 percent of Kenya’s population. Kenya relies on maize for up to 40 percent of its dietary...

Development literature has recently promoted the use of producer organization in linking farmers to better-paying commodity markets. However, empirical studies find mixed performance of such organizations. This study examines the producer organization’s internal factors that may explain the...

Development literature has recently promoted the use of producer organization in linking farmers to better-paying commodity markets. However, empirical studies find mixed performance of such organizations. This study examines the producer organization’s internal factors that may explain the...