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| Pillarisetti, Satish; Mehrotra, Nirupam. |
| Indian agriculture is characterized by the predominance of smallholders. This paper seeks to examine the access of small holders to agriculture credit in the context of financial sector reforms in India in the nineties. It explores the role of institutional and non institutional agencies in extending agriculture credit to the smallholder and the ground realities as revealed by recent data sets. The nineties also saw the unfolding of the largest microfinance programme in the world in India. While this was very successful in bringing micro enterprises under the credit purview, it was unable to cater to the need for agriculture credit. This paper examines the reasons for this and suggests that newer kinds of institutional innovations in the Pilot stage like,... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture credit; Farm Size; Land Economics/Use; Q1; Q15. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52858 |
