Getting the Problem Right
In terms of the age-old problem of helping farmers increase their productivity and income, I don’t think agricultural credit and fina...
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A mother's plea to her Government
Dear Government, My eldest 17-year-old son has lately started talking about going to a big city for a "better" livel...
Farm Credit in Pakistan: Benefiting Farmer segments
While reading up on Agricultural Credit, came across this interesting paper on farm credit in Pakistan, our neighbour. What was interestin...
History of Agricultural Credit in India - Timeline
Development of rural credit systems have always been a complicated affair and this is clear from India's history. Intermittent failur...
Why do farmers need more loans?
Agriculture finance is the most crucial aspect for any farmer in a country where 60% of population depends on farming. India is also one o...
Data Everywhere and Nowhere to Go
The current GIZ-NABARD-CMF study is being conducted in 4 states (Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab, and West Bengal). The study explores ge...
Agricultural Financing Theme Special - Feb to Mar 2013
If one were to look at the CMF Publications list, especially the factsheets , one would find a factsheet pertaining to the topic mentione...
Understanding Agricultural Credit and Financing
Its been a while since I have written a post here and last time I wrote - it was on the savings theme - a whole month of reading, talking...
Re-imagining Policy
India’s public expenditure on agriculture is one of the highest in the Asian region; yet, agricultural productivity remains relatively l...
What was the “Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief” Scheme about?
Photo Credit: http://www.aegindia.org According to Malcolm Harper, “the loan waiver scheme is an expensive, populist device that w...
Agricultural Financing - Potential for Innovations ?
Quite often, I come across this from some of my city-based friends, "Someday I would like to retire and get settled in a village and ...
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