| Title: |
Loans to small holders in traditional agriculture: the Nigerian experience |
| Authors: |
Adeyemo, Remi |
| Source: |
Tropical Agriculture; Volume 61 Number 4 ; 0041-3216 |
| Publisher Information: |
Tropical Agriculture |
| Publication Year: |
1984 |
| Collection: |
The University of the West Indies St. Augustine: Journals |
| Subject Terms: |
Farm workers; Agricultural economics; Nigeria |
| Description: |
Investigations into the sources and uses of loans in Nigerian agricultural production by small farmers were made in a survey carried out between June 1981 and February 1982 in six selected villages of Oyo State, Nigeria. A two-stage stratified sampling procedure was used to select the villages and interview 420 farmers. The principal findings were: (1) agricultural food production in the area is basically for subsistence and i.s carried out by traditional farming methods; (2) contrary to some findings in the literature, money lenders do not provide the bulk of the loans available to the farmers; (3) friends, relatives and co-operatives provide most of the loans; and (4) the existence of agricultural loan agencies is unknown to the farmers, neither do they obtain loans from the commercial banks. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2341/2194; https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2341 |
| Availability: |
https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2341 |
| Rights: |
Copyright (c) 1984 Tropical Agriculture |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.1610F180 |
| Database: |
BASE |