by Team LEISA India | May 3, 2016 | Articles, Farm Economics, Trade
Credit is often seen as an indispensable vehicle for the poor to get out of poverty, or as the tool that allows farmers to get access to new technologies, to increase productivity and their incomes. But many existing credit programmes often undermine farmers’... 
by Team LEISA India | May 3, 2016 | Articles, Farm Economics, Trade
Building local human resources and simple financial systems at the grassroot level ensures sustainability of SHG funding activities. Belaku, an organization working for sustainable rural initiatives brings out its experience with a case. SHG movement, one with the... 
by Team LEISA India | May 3, 2016 | Articles, Farm Economics, Trade
Farmers need credit for various reasons. But their inability to repay has been an important reason for not being able to access timely credit. Pragathibandhu is an innovative programme which makes the poor bankable by diversifying income sources and facilitating... 
by Team LEISA India | May 3, 2016 | Articles, Farm Economics, Trade
NABARD is set up by the Government of India as a development bank with the mandate of facilitating credit flow for promotion and development of agriculture and integrated rural development. The mandate also covers supporting all other allied economic activities in... by Team LEISA India | May 3, 2016 | Articles, Social Organisation, Women
SHG and their federations have become a movement in India. To sustain the benefits emerging from this movement, it is important that they become independent in all aspects and take full ownership. This means that the facilitating agencies should minimise their role,... 
by Team LEISA India | May 3, 2016 | Articles, Farm Economics, Trade
Improvement in farmers livelihoods depends on the strength of their coming together. Access to resources is influenced by the extent to which farmers are organized and the institutional arrangements available and finally the contextual social and political structure....