Title: The missing middle in agricultural finance : relieving the capital constraint on smallholder groups and other agricultural SMEs

Authors: Doran, Alan and McFadyen, Ntongi and Vogel, Robert C.

Place: [Oxford]

Publisher: Oxfam

Year: 2009

Journal: Oxfam research report

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Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: finance, small enterprises, farmers associations, enterprise development, agribusiness

Abstract: The unmet needs for finance of producer associations and other SMEs (small- and medium-sized enterprises) in agriculture, for transactions in the range £5,000-500,000 constitute the missing middle. The crucial issue is how to overcome the barriers to scaling-up the private sector's response.

URL: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/trade/downloads/research_agricultural_finance.pdf

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