Smallholder farmers’ household wealth and livelihood choices in developing countries: A Sri Lankan case study

Purpose In societies with strong presence of Islam, Islamic instruments with more scope for fairness and equity can be innovatively harnessed to play an increasing role in the development process and poverty alleviation schemes. Poor smallholder farmers dominate agricultural production in many developing countries and contribute a significant portion of global food production. This paper aims to develop a scheme to improve poor smallholder farmers’ vulnerable financial situation through the application of Zakah and Salam contract, using Bangladesh as a case study. Secondary goals are to show the effect of the scheme on food security and relevance to Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The authors explore the existing traditional modes of financing available to poor smallholders, identify their challenges and propose an appropriate Islamic financing scheme. Findings With the Zakah-based Salam forward contract, the proposed scheme would procure food through Institutional Demand to offer interest free financing, fair price and access to new marketing channels and reduce income uncertainty for the rural smallholders. The discussions indicate that the local food security will be enhanced through incentivized farming activities and disbursement of food from the food bank to the Zakah-eligible food insecure local people. Research limitations/implications This proposal brings forth a potentially powerful idea that needs further empirical validation. Originality/value The religion-based Institutional Demand initiative to promote smallholder agricultural development and social protection is a novel one. The attempt to apply the framework to Nigeria context shows the potential of the framework to generalize for other Muslim developing countries with similar characteristics, especially the poorer agriculture-based countries.

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e-Government adoption in developing countries: Lessons learned from a Sri Lankan case study

2011 International Conference on Research and Innovation in Information Systems ◽

10.1109/icriis.2011.6125674 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Jayantha Rajapakse

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Sri Lankan

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How Are Smallholder Farmers Involved in Digital Agriculture in Developing Countries: A Case Study from China

Land ◽

10.3390/land10030245 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 245

Author(s):

Lin Xie ◽

Biliang Luo ◽

Wenjing Zhong

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Digital Divide ◽

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Agricultural Practices ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Agricultural Transformation ◽

Digital Agriculture ◽

Agricultural Business ◽

Large Farms

Digital transformation in agricultural practices may lead to a "digital divide" between small and large farms, owing to the characteristics and availability of digital technology. This paper sought to use a case study in Chongzhou County, Sichuan Province in China, to analyze how smallholder farmers in developing countries access such digital agriculture and share the benefits of digital agricultural transformation. Small farmers may own a larger scale farm through forming cooperatives; they are also indirectly involved in digital agriculture through agriculture outsourcing. The outsourcing market is expected to grow, which will allow for the evolution of a digital agricultural service platform, the development of a digital agricultural business organization consortium, and the continued expansion of a healthy digital ecology. This paper revealed important policy implications, stemming from the fact that the implementation of inclusive digital agriculture relies on two key shifts: (1) transformation from land scale operations to service scale operations and (2) from inclusive technological progress to inclusive organization innovation.

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IMPACT OF URBAN FORM ON ENERGY USE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - A CASE STUDY APPROACH

10.15396/eres2008_170 ◽

2008 ◽

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Urban Form ◽

Energy Use ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Study Approach

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Environmental impacts of improper solid waste management in developing countries: a case study of Rawalpindi City

The Sustainable World ◽

10.2495/sw100351 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

N. Ejaz ◽

N. Akhtar ◽

H. Nisar ◽

U. Ali Naeem

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Waste Management ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

Solid Waste Management

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The Role of Mobile Money in Moderating Financial Exclusion: A Tanzanian Experience

The International Social Sciences Review ◽

10.37467/gka-socialrev.v2.2287 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 1-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Deogratius Joseph Mhella

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Financial Institutions ◽

Banking Sector ◽

Research Question ◽

Microfinance Institutions ◽

Mobile Money ◽

Access To Credit ◽

Financial Exclusion

Prior to the advent of mobile money, the banking sector in most of the developing countries excluded certain segments of the population. The excluded populations were deemed as a risk to the banking sector. The banking sector did not work with cash stripped and the financially disenfranchised people. Financial exclusion persisted to incredibly higher levels. Those excluded did not have: bank accounts, savings in financial institutions, access to credit, loan and insurance services. The advent of mobile money moderated the very factors of financial exclusion that the banks failed to resolve. This paper explains how mobile money moderates the factors of financial exclusion that the banks and microfinance institutions have always failed to moderate. The paper seeks to answer the following research question: 'How has mobile money moderated the factors of financial exclusion that other financial institutions failed to resolve between 1960 and 2008? Tanzania has been chosen as a case study to show how mobile has succeeded in moderating financial exclusion in the period after 2008.

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