Credit market access and profitability in Tunisian agriculture

Foltz, John

doi:10.1016/s0169-5150(04)00025-8

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“…A number of studies examined the impact of credit rationing on resource allocation in agriculture, crop productivity, and land-related investment (for example, Diagne & Zeller, 2001;Feder, Lau, Lin, & Luo, 1990;Foltz, 2004;. They derive testable relationships between credit constraints and potential outcome variables using the framework of the standard agricultural household model that combines both consumption and production decisions of farm households (de Janvry, Fafchamps, & Sadoulet, 1991;Singh, Squire, & Strauss, 1986).…”

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Credit Constraints and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from rural Rwanda

Ali

Deininger

Duponchel³

2014

The Journal of Development Studies

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While potentially negative impacts of credit constraints on economic development have long been discussed conceptually, empirical evidence for Africa remains limited. We use a direct elicitation approach on a national sample of Rwandan rural households to empirically assess the extent and nature of credit rationing in the semi-formal sector and its impact, using an endogenous switching model. Elimination of all constraints could increase output by some 17 per cent. Implications for policy and research are spelled out.

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“…Elimination of credit constraints in Peru is estimated to potentially increase output by between 15 and 32 per cent . In Tunisia, credit constraints affect profitability and technology adoption by young 'middle class' farmers (Foltz, 2004). In Ethiopia, effects of credit rationing differ across regions (Ali & Deininger, 2012).…”

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Credit Constraints and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from rural Rwanda

Ali

Deininger

Duponchel³

2014

The Journal of Development Studies

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“…Moreover, the loans provided by these formal institutions are substantially larger than those provided by other suppliers. Similar results emerge in India (Bell et al, 1997;Kochar, 1997), Tunisia (Foltz, 2004), Pakistan (Khandker and Faruqee, 2003) and Poland (Petrick, 2004). This study aims to examine whether market-oriented farmers in central Chile are similarly credit constrained, as well as identify the main factors that influence formal credit provision and constraints for market-oriented farming in Chile.…”

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“…Moreover, access to credit may increase the production efficiency of rural small businesses, including farmers, and help promote a dynamic business environment in rural areas. Without credit constraints, consumption and investment decisions get separated, which enables businesses to set the inputs for the production processes at an optimal level (Carter, 1989;Feder et al, 1990;Foltz, 2004). Access to rural credit also may stimulate new investments and induce new technologies (Khandker and Faruqee, 2003).…”

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The Credit Constraints of Market-Oriented Farmers in Chile

Reyes

Lensink

2011

Journal of Development Studies

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Using data from two surveys conducted in 2006 and 2008 with 177 farmers, this article determines whether market-oriented farmers in central Chile are credit constrained, and it identifies the main factors that influence formal credit provision. In so doing, this study explicitly tests whether social capital variables play a role in determining credit constraints. That is, the authors explore the determinants of classifications into four categories of credit provision and rationing, using a panel multinomial logit model. The results suggest that most market-oriented farmers are unconstrained. Empirical evidence supports the importance of relationship variables for improving access to financial capital.

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“…Credit can also help overcome liquidity constraints which have been demonstrated to limit productivity in agriculture (Feder et al, 1990;Foltz, 2002).…”

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Rural Household Access to Assets and Markets: A Cross-Country Comparison

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The sluggish supply response in most developing countries to the apparently favourable agricultural market situation of the past few years can be explained by the limited ability of price incentives to bring about an increase in production and marketed surplus in the presence of binding non-price constraints. This article characterises farm household heterogeneity in access to assets, markets and infrastructure drawing on household survey data from 15 developing countries. We relate this heterogeneity in access to household ability to engage successfully in agricultural output markets and find consistent supporting evidence for the hypothesis that this lack of access is significantly constraining their potential to engage successfully in agriculture.Dans la plupart des pays en de´veloppement, la re´action de l 0 offre a`la situation des marche´s agricoles -depuis quelques anne´es favorable -est lente, et ce en raison de la capacite´limite´e des incitations en termes de prix a`ge´ne´rer une augmentation de la production et des exce´dents commercialise´s, en pre´sence d 0 importantes contraintes non tarifaires. S 0 appuyant sur des donne´es d 0 enqueˆtes sur les me´nages recueillies dans 15 pays en de´veloppement, cet article de´crit l 0 he´te´roge´ne´ite´des me´nages agricoles en matie`re d 0 acce`s aux actifs, marche´s et infrastructures. Nous montrons la relation qui existe entre cette he´te´roge´ne´ite´et la capacite´des me´nages a`s 0 engager avec succe`s sur les marche´s de produits agricoles, et trouvons des preuves solides soutenant l 0 hypothe`se selon laquelle ce manque d 0 acce`s limite fortement leur potentiel a`s 0 engager dans l 0 agriculture de manie`re profitable. Context: Assets, Markets, Agriculture and Poverty ReductionDuring the recent spikes in world agricultural prices, several observers noted with concern that despite the improved terms of trade and overall incentives framework for farmers, agricultural supply response in developing countries was very limited. That observation raises the question of what is constraining the ability of farmers in these countries to take advantage of apparently favourable market conditions (FAO, 2009). One explanation is to be found in the importance of non-price factors in determining farmers' marketed surplus, r

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Credit market access and profitability in Tunisian agriculture

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Credit Constraints and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from rural Rwanda

Credit Constraints and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from rural Rwanda

The Credit Constraints of Market-Oriented Farmers in Chile

Rural Household Access to Assets and Markets: A Cross-Country Comparison

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