FEATURES OF ACCOUNTING FOR FINANCING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS

Collective Action for Small-Scale Producers of Agricultural Biodiversity Products

The role of well-functioning markets for development is now widely recognized, however the challenge remains to make these markets benefit the poor and the environment. Increasing attention is being given to the potential role markets can play for agrobiodiversity conservation through product diversification and increasing competitiveness in niche and novelty markets. Bioversity International h...

Challenges to Agricultural Financing in Mali

CHALLENGES TO AGRICULTURE FINANCING IN MALI By Kadidia Konare In Mali, like in many Sub-Saharan countries, inadequate access to credit has remained a central concern for farmers and a key constraint to the modernization and diversification of their activities. The commercial banks’ limited participation in agricultural financing and the hard terms and conditions for obtaining individual loans h...

Financing Small Scale Oil Palm Producers in the Western Region of Ghana-Ahanta West District

Business finance has been a major problem facing most businesses, both the small and large companies as well as the medium ones. Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) are no exceptions of the problems faced by businesses. These enterprises are mostly managed by low income earners. Some of these enterprises cannot grow into large companies because of lack of funds. The objectives of the stud...

Potential Improvement of Agricultural Output for Major Producers Based on Dea Efficiency Measurements

In this article we perform production efficiency analysis for the 40 countries with largest value added by agricultural sector in 2005. Under the assumption of a nonparametric frontier and production observations satisfying a statistical model including both random and inefficiency errors, we estimate an agricultural production function using DEA measures of efficiency with output orientation a...

Environmental Accounting of Agricultural Sustainability Using Emergy Analysis