Business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in Nigeria

This study employs primary data collected through structured questionnaires from 300 agrodealers and uses a Tobit type-II model for the analysis. The results show that interest rate, debt, value of asset, membership of trading association, and source of credit are major determinants of loan demand....

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Main Author: Olomola, Aderibigbe
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151147
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description This study employs primary data collected through structured questionnaires from 300 agrodealers and uses a Tobit type-II model for the analysis. The results show that interest rate, debt, value of asset, membership of trading association, and source of credit are major determinants of loan demand. Agrodealers need to organize themselves into input trading associations to enhance their creditworthiness and to unleash the inherent social capital and information advantages for improved agrodealership financing.
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spelling CGSpace1511472025-11-06T06:04:41Z Business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in Nigeria Olomola, Aderibigbe value chains investment policies smallholders markets trade credit finance credit control This study employs primary data collected through structured questionnaires from 300 agrodealers and uses a Tobit type-II model for the analysis. The results show that interest rate, debt, value of asset, membership of trading association, and source of credit are major determinants of loan demand. Agrodealers need to organize themselves into input trading associations to enhance their creditworthiness and to unleash the inherent social capital and information advantages for improved agrodealership financing. 2014 2024-08-01T02:55:34Z 2024-08-01T02:55:34Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151147 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151033 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154498 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153541 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Olomola, Aderbigbe. 2014. Business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1400. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151147
spellingShingle value chains
investment policies
smallholders
markets
trade
credit
finance
credit control
Olomola, Aderibigbe
Business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in Nigeria
title Business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in Nigeria
title_full Business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in Nigeria
title_fullStr Business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in Nigeria
title_short Business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in Nigeria
title_sort business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in nigeria
topic value chains
investment policies
smallholders
markets
trade
credit
finance
credit control
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151147
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