This study was carried out in Chipata District in Zambia's Eastern Province. The overall focus of this study was to analyse the factors which affect the performance of small holder credit schemes offered by commercial ...

Zambia's market for agricultural finance is challenged, from the farmers' perspective, credit is scarce and expensive and heavily skewed towards the larger, corporate sector. Banks on the other hand, are reluctant to ...

Farm credit can stimulate the transfer of technology into agriculture and hence lead to increased crop yield, hence improving the country's food sufficiency and economic development. However, most often than not farmers ...

Sustainability of funds is crucial in implementing rural credit programs and those relying on their services. Understanding the impact of outreach on nonperforming loans performance would contribute to better information ...

The objective of this study was to assess the outreach of microfinance institutions to rural women in Zambia in terms of, services provided, number of female and male clients, and availability of women tailored product ...