Formal Conditions that Affect Agricultural Credit Supply to Small-scale Farmers in Rural Kenya: Case Study for Kiambu County

Authors

  • Edward Mukundi Njuguna Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Newton Nyairo

Keywords:

agricultural credit, collateral, interest rates, banks, smallholder

Abstract

Credit is an important factor in agricultural production especially to small holder agriculture. This study was to establish the effect of formal lending conditions that affect the supply of agricultural credit to farmers such as interest rates and collateral requirements. The study adopted a descriptive research design and target population was the Credit managers and loan officers in four Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), Equity bank, Family bank and Cooperative bank banks in Gatundu South.

Author Biography

Edward Mukundi Njuguna, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

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Published

2015-02-22

How to Cite

Njuguna, E. M., & Nyairo, N. (2015). Formal Conditions that Affect Agricultural Credit Supply to Small-scale Farmers in Rural Kenya: Case Study for Kiambu County. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 20(2), 59–66. Retrieved from https://gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/3471

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2015)

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Articles

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