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Leasing av lantbruksmaskiner : val av finansieringsform vid investeringar i lantbruksföretag by Nilsson, Fredrik

Digital technologies for financial inclusion of smallholder farmers: Needs assessment in three states of India by Ceballos, Francisco, Kannan, Samyuktha, Singh, Vartika, Kramer, Berber

“…Financial instruments such as savings, loans, and insurance are critical tools in managing risk for smallholder farmers across the developing world. …”
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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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Microfinance and poverty alleviation by Irobi, Nnenna Christiana

“…Microfinance however, is been implemented to overcome the failure of the formal banking industry at offering small loans for the poor to enable them perform some income generating activities. …”
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Keeping an eye on the money by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Cecilia Fomenky describing how loans, when used properly, can substantially improve the lives of women and their families.…”
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THE GRAMEENPHONE by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The latest approach is to provide loans to women for the purchase of a mobile phone, which they can then rent out to villagers.The...…”
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Agricultural value chain finance in Indonesia: Executive summary by de Brauw, Alan, Sayaka, Bambang, Pasaribu, Sahat, Ambler, Kate, Herskowitz, Sylvan, Suryani, Erma

“…Key points related to the policy environment are: Allow interest rates for loans from the formal sector to be priced by the market; Support secure, inclusive payment systems and transaction frameworks; Develop a legal framework that supports both the use of movable collateral in loans and a warehouse receipts system; Develop a legal and/or regulatory framework that supports contract farming among smallholders; And allow for a more open, technology-driven financial architecture that facilitates market entry among nontraditional financial service providers.…”
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The gain in a chain by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Where once they focused on handpumps and health, they now also debate the issues of interest rates for small loans, the...…”
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Grain as collateral by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The provision of loans using warehoused grain as collateral, could give Ghanaian, Ethiopian and Zambian farmers more financial breathing space in the future. …”
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A rough guide for microbankers by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Microfinance is the provision of financial services-not just loans-to people with low incomes in the informal sector, both rural and urban. …”
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Being cruel to be kind by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Patrick Mphaka reporting on the work of FINCA who, despite having a strict programme of repayments, have given small business loans to over 20,000 Malawians.…”
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Editorial: Redefining financial services by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…According to recent estimates, about 10,000 microfinance institutions (MFIs) are now providing small loans to 23 million people.…”
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Pathways to scale finance for digitalisation on the path to agricultural transformation by Visser, Piet, Ameringen, Marc van, Rwakigumba, Ronald

“…Using digital farmer profiles in management and planning helps facilitate farmers with financial services like loans and savings…”
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The effect of PPR control and dipping on village goat populations in southwest Nigeria by Reynolds, L., Francis, P.

“…Includes data on human and goat populations, herd structure, entries and exits, reproductive performance, monthly birth, purchases, mortalities, sales and loans-out.…”
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Women use credit for computers by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Using micro-credit loans to finance computers and email subscriptions for rural women has earned the Fantsuam Foundation's Bayanloco Community Learning Centre in Kaduna State, Nigeria, the first APC Africa Hafkin Communications Prize. …”
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Farmers go surfing in Mauritius by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…A loan programme of the Development Bank of Mauritius has been in operation since 1999 to help modernise the agricultural sector through ICTs. …”
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Seed credit model in Uganda: Participation and empowerment dynamics among smallholder women and men farmers by Nanyonjo, Grace, Nchanji, Eileen

“…Women's participation and involvement in the seed credit model decreased over time as they were expected to pay their spouses' seed loans. Men's participation decreased because they were no longer entrusted with seed loans as their payment rate was very low. …”
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Rural transformation in central Myanmar: Results from the rural economy and agriculture dry zone community survey by Belton, Ben, Filipski, Mateusz J., Hu, Chaoran, Oo, Aung Tun, Htun, Aung

“…This change has had a very significant impact on rates of interest charged on informal loans, which have fallen almost 5% per month since 2012.…”
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Access to and supply of finance for enhancing dairy productivity by Wilkes, Andreas, Odhong’, Charles, Ndonga, Samuel, Sing’ora, Brian, Kenyanito, Lucy

“…Among households that have had a loan from a formal financial institution, SACCOs are the most common source. …”
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CCAFS knowledge and evidence inform World Bank investments in agricultural development by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…In 2018 alone, technical advice and knowledge products from CGIAR centers and CCAFS shared with project design teams contributed to improvements in at least 52 large agricultural projects and programs in low- and middle-income countries supported by World Bank grants and loans.…”
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