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100	1		_aNdegwa, M.K. _8001713077 _gSustainable Agrifood Systems _91681
245	1	0	_aRural credit, food security, and resilience : _bAn empirical evaluation from Kenya
260			_aUnited States of America : _bIFPRI, _c2025.
300			_a44 pages
490			_aIFPRI Discussion Paper _v02351 August 2025
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aIn this paper, we examine the role of credit in enhancing rural households’ food security and resilience. In so doing, we consider resilience as a higher order capacity outcome, different from traditional development outcomes associated with households’ or individuals’ welfare. We evaluate the effectiveness of two types of agricultural production credit products, one a traditional credit and one that is linked to rainfall index insurance to protect borrowers against the adverse effects of drought. Based on a randomized controlled trial conducted in Machakos county, Kenya, we report both intent-to-treat effects as well as local average treatment effects to demonstrate the impacts of these credit products not only among borrowers, but the broader effects of expanding rural credit markets. We see generally low levels of food security resilience among our sampled households, but we find compelling evidence that credit and expanded credit markets more broadly had beneficial impacts on enhancing households’ food security and resilience. Despite the differences in the two credit products being evaluated, we do not find an appreciable difference in the effects of the two credit types, concluding that the expansion of affordable agricultural credit markets should be among the key policy tools for building resilience among rural smallholders.
546			_aText in English
597			_bClimate Resilience _dGerman Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) _dCGIAR Trust Fund _aClimate adaptation & mitigation _aNutrition, health & food security _aPoverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs _cResilient Agrifood Systems _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/175990
650		7	_aCredit _2AGROVOC _915083
650		7	_aInsurance _2AGROVOC _99291
650		7	_aFood security _2AGROVOC _91118
650		7	_aResilience _2AGROVOC _95030
650		7	_aSmallholders _2AGROVOC _91763
651		7	_aKenya _93783 _2AGROVOC
700	1		_aWard, P.S. _910786
700	1		_aShee, A. _921719
700	0		_aLiangzhi You _912331
856	4		_yOpen Access through DSpace _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/36065
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