Can risk averse competitive input providers serve farmers efficiently in developing countries ?:

"Under price ceilings and quality floors for agricultural inputs in cash crop sectors in developing countries where credit markets are weak, imperfect information on the ability of farmers to pay for their inputs at the end of the cropping season may lead the decentralized production of those i...

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Main Author: Makdissi, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C] World Bank 2009
Series:Policy research working paper 4922
Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"Under price ceilings and quality floors for agricultural inputs in cash crop sectors in developing countries where credit markets are weak, imperfect information on the ability of farmers to pay for their inputs at the end of the cropping season may lead the decentralized production of those inputs by risk averse private input providers to be inefficient. A coordinating agency and/or subsidies for new farmers could help to produce and distribute more agricultural inputs, thereby increasing the profits for input providers while also enabling more farmers to produce the crops that are key to their livelihood. "--World Bank web site
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references. - Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/7/2009
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
DOI:10.1596/1813-9450-4922