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Feast and Famine: Financial Services for Rural Kenya

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dc.contributor.author Argwings-Kodhek, Gem
dc.date.issued 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2021-02-02T07:25:23Z
dc.date.available 2021-02-02T07:25:23Z
dc.identifier.uri https://www.tegemeo.org/images/_tegemeo_institute/downloads/publications/working_papers/wp12.pdf
dc.description.abstract Introduction: Over the last few years there has been increasing mention of the financing problems facing farmers. Whenever they are asked to list their problems, lack of credit is usually high on the list. As a result all the government recent policy documents have raised the issue and pledged to do something to address it. In the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2001-2004 agriculture was ranked as the number one sector, crop development the priority sub-sector and inefficient rural financial systems the second most binding constraint. Government noted farmers and the rural sector cannot progress without the credit and financial services they have been starved of, and committed to promoting an innovative an efficient rural finance and credit supply system for smallholders and rural primary processors by developing modalities to support schemes through farmer organizations, NGO’s, CBO’s, rural SACCOs, input suppliers and processors. The practical details, institutional and policy arrangements were to be worked out before large amounts of public money are channeled into particular institutions. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Tegemeo Institute en_US
dc.subject Feast and Famine -- Financial Services en_US
dc.title Feast and Famine: Financial Services for Rural Kenya en_US
dc.title.alternative Working Paper 12 en_US
dc.type Working Paper en_US


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    Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development is a policy research institute under the Division of Research and Extension ofEgerton University. The Institute is established under Statute 23 (14-t) of the Egerton University Statutes, 2013 under the Universities Act , 2012 (No. 42 of 2012) and its Instruments.

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