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KhetScore: Impacts of using digital technologies to unlock credit and insurance for marginal farmers in Odisha by Kramer, Berber, Pattnaik, Subhransu, Ward, Patrick S., Ganta, Tharakeswar

“…Despite this increase in borrowing, households in the treatment group were much less likely to report difficulty in repaying loans, which suggested favorable loan terms that eased the burden of repayment. …”
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Supply and demand for livestock credit in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons for designing new credit schemes by Jabbar, M.A., Ehui, Simeon K., Kaufmann, Ralph R. von

“…Logistic regression analysis show that sex and education of the household head, training in dairy, prevalence of outstanding loan and the number of improved cattle on the farm had significant influence on both borrowing and liquidity status of a household, though the degree and direction of influence were not always the same in each study country. …”
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TAAT technology toolkits and their strategic delopyment: Clearinghouse technical report series 001 by Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation

“…The African Development Bank recently launched Feed Africa: A Strategy for Agricultural Transformation in Africa. This loan program is intended to unlock Africa’s agricultural potential and boost job creation with a view to diversifying African economies and to better meet the Sustainable Development Goals related to poverty reduction and ending hunger and malnutrition. …”
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Optimization of Crude Palm Oil Fund to Support Smallholder Oil Palm Replanting in Reducing Deforestation in Indonesia by Nurfatriani, F., Ramawati, Sari, G.K., Komarudin, Heru

“…It is also recommended that funds be allocated to subsidize loan interest to the bank and build productive capital during the grace period. …”
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ShambaShield: Concept note by Vyas, Shalika, Chilambe, Pedro, Ghosh, Aniruddha, Timu, Anne, Sartas, Murat, Ramirez Villegas, Julian

“…The cornerstone of this expansion is a package of a microfinance loan product and the widely recognized SSU TV series. …”
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Impact of prime-age adult mortality on labor supply: Evidence from adolescents and women in South Africa by Yamauchi, Futoshi, Buthelezi, Thabani, Velia, Myriam

“…This, in turn, reduces investments in child schooling, given that the period over which capital is formed is long and the loan market is imperfect. Typically, the growth in the number of orphans in a society is taxing on both families and the society and an increase in mortality among prime-age adults, unlike mortality in other age groups, directly reduces the capability of households to secure income.…”
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Soil Best Bets Compendium by Sommer, Rolf, Godiah, David, Braslow, Juliet

“…Resource requirements are further sub-divided into: Organic inputs; Inorganic inputs; Land, land tenure; Labour; Money, cash, loan; Time; Machinery, animal draught, other tools; Market demand; and Others. …”
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Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai by Mukherji, Aditi, Chowdhury, Devjit Roy, Fishman, Ram, Lamichhane, Nabina, Khadgi, Vijay, Bajracharya, Sugat

“…We ran a randomized experiment in order to estimate demand for SPIPs under three financial models – ‘grant’; ‘grant-loan’ and ‘grant-pay as you go’ in Saptari district of Nepal. …”
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The role of state forest enterprises in the payments for forest environmental services programme in Vietnam by Milan, Florence M., Huong, T.T.T., Huong, Chu Thai, Suhardiman, Diana, Phuong, N.D., Zeller, M.

“…A survey of households participating in the SFE loan programme, and two stakeholder workshops were executed in 2014. …”
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Credit, Insurance, and Farmers’ Liability: Evidence from a Lab in the Field Experiment with Coffee Farmers in Costa Rica. by Naranjo, Maria Angelica, Pieters, Janneke, Alpízar, Francisco

“…As expected, uptake of loans with insurance is significantly higher than without insurance when farmers are fully liable, and insurance is not relevant for investments if debt relief is guaranteed. …”
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Strengthening smallholder agriculture is essential to defend food and nutrition security and rural livelihoods in Myanmar against the COVID-19 threat: Elements for a proactive resp... by Boughton, Duncan, Goeb, Joseph, Lambrecht, Isabel B., Mather, David, Headey, Derek D.

“…Recognizing that no single intervention can address the full range of vulnerabilities faced by rural households, we recommend a combination: • Expansion of access to seasonal farm credit with extended loan repayment schedules; • Limited agricultural input subsidies targeting certified seed; and • Implementation of a cash transfer program to smallholder farmers. …”
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Economic Inclusion Program Cohort 2 in Kenya: Baseline Household Survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The EIP intervention package comprises four components: (i) monthly consumption support, (ii) asset grants to support income-generating activities, (iii) skills training paired with weekly mentoring, and (iv) the establishment of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs). The evaluation follows a cluster-randomized controlled trial (cRCT) design, in which villages were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups in a 2:1 ratio, with randomization stratified at the sub-county level. …”
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Financing household tree plantations in Vietnam: Current programmes and future options by Sikor, T.

“…It also identifies specific conditions for plantation loans for different types of households and for the transition towards long-rotation plantations.…”
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Bringing pumps to people: giving the poor better access to groundwater irrigation: sustainable approaches and options for eastern India by International Water Management Institute

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Facilitating healthy seed yam entrepreneurship in the Niger River system in Nigeria: the value of research into use by McNamara, N., Morse, S., Ugbe, U.P., Coyne, Danny L., Claudius-Cole, A.O.

“…The Edeke farmers received a loan from the Diocesan Development Services (DDS) to employ the AYMT to produce healthy seed yams on a significant scale. …”
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Determinants of productivity of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria: a baseline evidence by Ojiako, I.A., Tarawali, G., Okechukwu, R.U., Chianu, Jonas N.

“…Empowerment of farmers through linkage to sources of soft loan and other microcredit facilities was recommended, but such efforts should be targeted more on the married and full-time farmers for greater impact.…”
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Financial sustainability of microfinance : a zero default case study of the Chanthaburi Province Savings Group by Woradithee, Warut

“…For strong incentives, the CPSG’s regulations have been designed to generate strong incentives inducing the borrowing member to repay the loan voluntarily, for example, a delinquent borrower will be deprived of the borrowing right for one year, and a default borrower who are dismissed from the membership will be excluded from the CPSG’ welfare services. …”

Microcredit and savings associations for building rural household resilience: A case study of selected village development fund and savings groups in Koh Kong and Mondul Kiri, Camb... by Manilay, Alessandro A., Tong, Chantheang, Gonsalves, Julian Francis, Barbon, Wilson John, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Thy, Or, Rondón, Marco Antonio, Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Moeu, Sokchea

“…Financial sustainability was analyzed by conducting a detailed financial analysis of six selected VDFSGs to determine the sufficiency of interest payments as revenue to cover total costs as well as to evaluate loan recovery and equity build- up. Members’ perception of the usefulness of VDFSGs in helping them to cope with and adjust to family and climate change-related shocks/stresses was determined by conducting Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) among selected representatives of VDFSG members. …”
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Farmers' willingness to invest in mechanized maize shelling and potential financial benefits: evidence from Tanzania by Kotu, Bekele Hundie, Manda, J., Mutungi, C., Fischer, G., Gaspar, A.

“…The results show that expanding agricultural mechanization in Tanzania through investments coming from smallholder farmers, as also experienced elsewhere, is possible while they suggest that policy instruments such as targeted loan programs, entrepreneurial and technical trainings, and smart subsidies or tax exemptions are important to encourage and enable smallholder farmers to participate in the mechanization supply chain. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of food insecurity among university students – results from the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany by Kötzsche, Maike, Teuber, Ramona, Jordan, Irmgard, Heil, Eleonore A., Torheim, Liv Elin, Arroyo-Izaga, Marta

“…Also receiving a student loan during the pandemic and getting food assistance increased the likelihood of being food insecure. …”
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