Improving Credit Access for the Food and Agriculture Sector through Enhanced Implementation of Existing Policies and New Strategies

Gary Teves

No 201415, UP School of Economics Discussion Papers from University of the Philippines School of Economics

Abstract: For several decades, the government has sought to develop the agriculture sector through programs like agrarian reform, agricultural modernization and rural finance, but farmers and fisherfolk remain to be the poorest sector in the Philippines. This paper seeks to explore ways to improve small farmers and fisherfolks’ access to credit provided by formal financial institutions. The government needs to implement and improve on its existing programs, identified in this study, and combine these with policy reforms and new strategies to fast-track the development of the food and agriculture sector to make economic growth more inclusive.

Keywords: Agriculture; Financial Institutions and Services; Agricultural Finance; Agricultural Credit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 O13 Q14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2014-11
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Published as UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2014-15, November 2014

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