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Pronaf: a policy won, but how to maintain it?

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Brasileños, 2017
This article aims to discuss the unequal and asymmetric process of public investments offered to Pronaf, business agriculture and the general lines of agricultural credit in the Brazilian rural environment.
Nára Beatriz CHAVES ALVES   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

"How to Secure a Loan from the Rural Credit Board"

open access: yes, 1917
Pamphlet describing the purpose of the Rural Credit Loan Act and requirements for participation.
South Dakota Rural Credit Board
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Alternative Policy Designs to Help Farmers Select Profitable Conservation Practices

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary private carbon initiatives (VPCIs) promote the implementation of agricultural conservation practices that mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) via financial incentives to participating farmers. Simultaneously, an array of public policies supports the adoption of conservation practices through technical and financial ...
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

CREDIT RATIONING IN RURAL INDIA [PDF]

open access: yes
The view that households are credit rationed by the formal sector, rests on the assumptions that all households have a positive demand for formal credit and it is a cheaper source for borrowing.
Ranjula Bali Swain
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Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

"The True Story of 'The Plow that Broke the Plains' in South Dakota"

open access: yes, 1936
Publication produced by the South Dakota Rural Credit Board to attract farmers and ranchers to South ...
South Dakota Rural Credit Board
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Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

O IMPACTO DAS CATEGORIAS DE CRÉDITO RURAL NO VBP DA AGROPECUÁRIA PARANAENSE NO PERÍODO DE 2015 A 2018

open access: yesInforme Gepec
Utilizando uma análise espacial, este artigo analisou o Impacto das Categorias de Crédito Rural no Valor Bruto da Produção Agropecuária (VBP) paranaense no período de 2015 a 2018. Os resultados mostram que as cooperativas de crédito desempenham um papel
Paulo Guilherme Alarcon Fernandes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health disparities in chronic liver disease

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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