2023
DOI: 10.1108/afr-07-2022-0089
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Credit risk management in small-scale farming by formal financial institutions during the COVID-19 era: Nigerian perspective

Abstract: PurposeProviding loans, particularly to small-scale farmers, is one of the roles of formal financial institutions. Lending to small farmers is risky. An institution's health is closely related to the institution's ability to manage credit and portfolio risk. Expanding smallholder farmers' access to finance while maintaining a sustainable financial system is essential; however, pandemics present additional challenges. Accordingly, as reported in the literature, the pandemic's high loan default rates and decreas… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1

Citation Types

0
0
0

Year Published

2023
2023
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
2
1

Relationship

0
3

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 3 publications
(1 citation statement)
references
References 35 publications
0
0
0
Order By: Relevance
“…However, strategies to support the SSDFs in most of the developing economies neglect the effects of these characteristics and the context in which they occur. These risks lead to low productivity and unsustainability in the dairy activities [33][34][35]. Poorer farmers often find themselves falling back into poverty as a result of these irrationalities which are in most cases beyond their control [36,37].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, strategies to support the SSDFs in most of the developing economies neglect the effects of these characteristics and the context in which they occur. These risks lead to low productivity and unsustainability in the dairy activities [33][34][35]. Poorer farmers often find themselves falling back into poverty as a result of these irrationalities which are in most cases beyond their control [36,37].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%