Title: Agricultural marketing companies as sources of smallholder credit in Eastern and Southern Africa : experiences, insights and potential donor role

Place: [Rome]

Publisher: International fund for agricultural development (IFAD)

Year: 2003

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Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: agribusiness, private sector, credit, small farms, agricultural production, agricultural product marketing, east africa, southern africa

Abstract: This report shows that credit under contract farming arrangements is often the major form of access to production finance among smallholders. It concludes that these credits are not necessarily exploitative.

URL: http://www.ifad.org/ruralfinance/policy/pf.pdf

Document type: Portal