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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
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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
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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics
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
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Valuating consumer credit portfolios
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
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders
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
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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
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Limits of Autonomy Principle in Documentary Letters of Credit; Perspective of English Law
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
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The nature of complex contract in Islamic jurisprudence and law [PDF]
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
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Foreigners vs. Natives: Bank Lending Technologies and Loan Pricing [PDF]
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
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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
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