The Impact of Access to Credit on the Adoption of Hybrid Maize in Malawi: An Empirical Test of an Agricultural Household Model under Credit Market Failure

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Response to climate risks among smallholder farmers in Malawi: A multivariate probit assessment of the role of information, household demographics, and farm characteristics (2015, background): “relaxes liquidity constraints thus increasing technology adoption (Simtowe and Zeller 2006).”
Grain Subsidy, Liquidity Constraints and Food security—Impact of the Grain Subsidy Program on the Grain-Sown Areas in China (2014, background): “A large number of studies have proven that access to credit allows greater investments and thus increases the welfare of farmers (Feder et al., 1990; Rozelle et al., 1999; Simtowe and Zeller, 2006; Uchida et al., 2009; Dong et al., 2010; Kokoye et al., 2013).”
Factors Determining Adoption of New Agricultural Technology by Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries (2015, background): “There is therefore need for policy makers to improve current smallholder credit systems to ensure that a wider spectrum of smallholders are able to have access to credit, more especially female-headed households (Mkandawire, 1993; Simtowe & Zeller, 2006).”
Insurance, Credit, and Technology Adoption: Field Experimental Evidence from Malawi (2007, unknown): “Simtowe and Zeller (2006) find higher maize adoption among households with access to credit.”