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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Firm Investment & Credit Constraints in India, 1997 – 2006: A stochastic frontier approach [PDF]

We use the stochastic frontier approach to estimate the impact of firm characteristics on investment decisions of Indian firms during the 1997-2006 period.
Pranab Kumar Das, Subal C. Kumbhakar, Sumon Bhaumik   +2 more
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Factors influencing household debt structure under various credit constraints

Journal of Management Science and Engineering
Household debt is a critical component of family financial management, especially considering the prevalence of credit constraints. This study investigates the determinants of Chinese household debt structure, focusing on the choice between formal and ...
Chenglu Jin, Weida Mao, Keru Jin, Qianqian Yang, Jiaqi Zang, Rongda Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Congestion Control for Mixed-Mode Traffic with Emission Cost

Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2020
This paper presents two models to investigate the traffic assignment problem. In the two models, the emission cost for gasoline vehicles (GVs) is considered. The credit schemes are considered in the constraint of the models.
Ya Li, Renhuai Liu, Yuanyang Zou, Yingshuang Ma, Guoxin Wang   +4 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of agricultural credit on productivity, cost and returns from cocoa production in Ghana

Cogent Economics & Finance
This study identified the determinants of cocoa farmers’ access to credit in Ghana and estimated the impact of credit access on yield, yield gap, gross income, cost of production, and net income using propensity score matching.
David Boansi, Michael Gyasi, Stephen Nuamah, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, Fred Ankuyi, Richmond Frimpong, Albert Gbafah, Charles Bosompem Gyan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Financial Instability and Credit Constraint: Evidence from the Cost of Bank Financing [PDF]

This paper examines the relation between the degree of firms’ financial constraint and the observed rise in the cost of bank financing during the global financial crisis of 2008.
Bruno S. Martins
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Cost‐Benefit Analysis of the European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in Fertilizer Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), launching 2026, will charge EU importers for embedded carbon emissions, aiming to reduce emissions but raising import costs. Shifts in demand following implementation may reduce carbon emissions, but importers will bear the cost of increased prices.
Natalie Crisci, Md Deluair Hossen, Andrew Muhammad, Seong‐Hoon Cho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farm to policy: Socioeconomic dynamics and occupational challenges of freshwater fish farmers in the Cauvery Delta region, Tamil Nadu

Journal of Fisheries
Freshwater aquaculture is vital for global food security and rural livelihoods. This study examined 120 fish farmers across Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, and Nagapattinam districts in Tamil Nadu's Cauvery Delta to understand socioeconomic dynamics and ...
S. Dawood Ibrahim, V. Senthilkumar, T. Umamaheswari, R. Durairaja   +3 more
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Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan, Halit Yanıkkaya, Hüseyin Alperen Özer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source