Agricultural credit programs and production efficiency: an analysis of traditional farming in southeastern Minas Gerais, Brazil
Taylor, T.G.; Drummond, H.E.; Gomes, A.T.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 68(1): 110-119
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9092
DOI: 10.2307/1241655
Accession: 001294631
Over the past two decades the effectiveness of subsidized credit programmes in improving the productivity of traditional farmers in developing countries has been extensively debated. This study analyzes the effects of one such programme, PRODEMATA, on the technical and allocative efficiency of traditional farmers in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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