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...

Over the years, substantial investments in agricultural research have been made in sub-Saharan Africa. The few studies on research investments show impressive returns that are comparable to those achieved in developed countries. However, problems such as recurrent hunger, poverty, food...

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...

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...

This paper analyses the effect of non-credit services of joint liability credit institutions on smallholder women beekeepers’ honey income. The non-credit services offered to the beekeepers are mainly enterprise development services (training on marketing, business, production and subsector...