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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Risky Swaps [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
In [10] we presented a reduced form of risky bond pricing. At default date, a bond seller fails to continue fulfilling his obligation and the price of the bond sharply drops. For nodefault scenarios, if the face value of the defaulted bond is $1 then the
Gikhman, Ilya
core   +3 more sources

The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
wiley   +1 more source

Valuating consumer credit portfolios

open access: yesLatin American Journal of Central Banking, 2022
This paper proposes a model that associates borrower credit risk with the cash flow method to assess the economic value of a consumer credit portfolio.
Pedro Piccoli
doaj   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers’ perceptions and adoption of contract farming: empirical evidence from malt barley farmers in Northern Ethiopia

open access: yesDiscover Agriculture
The aim of this study was to analyze the factors affecting the adoption of malt barely contract farming by farmers and the perceptions of farmers about such adoption in northern Ethiopia. Multistage sampling techniques were used to select 320 malt barley
Dessie Sisay Ashagrie   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Limits of Autonomy Principle in Documentary Letters of Credit; Perspective of English Law

open access: yesJournal of Legal Studies, 2017
In this article, the author reviews the approach of English courts to limits of autonomy principle and tries to answer the following research questions: What obligations should the applicant fulfil while opening a credit in accordance with the underlying
Alavi Hamed
doaj   +1 more source

The nature of complex contract in Islamic jurisprudence and law [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات فقه و حقوق اسلامی, 2011
The complex contract is the contract that is mixed with various structures of other specific contracts which have lost their independence and make up a unified whole. In Islamic law jurists mention some contracts like Mozrebah, Mozareah, hire, etc. which
M.A. Khorsandian, Gh. Shenivar
doaj   +1 more source

Foreigners vs. Natives: Bank Lending Technologies and Loan Pricing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Can distance-related information asymmetries in credit markets be overcome with contract design and credit scoring models? To answer this question, we explore differences in foreign and domestic banks’ credit contract terms and pricing models.
Bester H   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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