Enhancing Smallholder Access to Agricultural Machinery Services: Lessons from Bangladesh.
Resource poor smallholders in developing countries often lack access to capital goods such as farm machinery. Enabling adequate access through machinery services can thereby significantly contribute to food security and farm incomes. At the core of the service provision model is the lead farmer, who...
| Published in: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 53; no. 9; pp. 1502 - 1518 |
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