UNIT I: Intro to Agricultural Finance Flashcards

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the art and science of managing money

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FINANCE

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concerned with the process, institutions, markets, and instruments

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FINANCE

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TRUE OR FALSE

finance as a field is limited to dealing with money or cash

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FALSE

since it considers wide array of financial services in a financial system

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are of fin concerned with design and delivery of advice and fin products to clients/customers

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

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fin services constitute what 2 types of products?

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TANGIBLE (money, goods used as payment)
INTANGIBLE (fin advice, services like online payments, and money tranfers)

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study of mgt and provision of fin resources to the agriculture sector (crops, livestock, agri products and services, etc.)

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AGRICULTURAL FINANCE

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pertains to the array of financial services (i.e., agricultural credit, insurance, saving, and guarantee) provided and utilized in the sector

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AGRICULTURAL FINANCE

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used to finance agriculture-related activities such as input supply, production, distribution, wholesale, processing, and marketing

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AGRICULTURAL FINANCE

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the ability of an individual to obtain goods, services, or money at the present time in exchange for a promise to pay at a definite future time

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CREDIT

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also refers to loans granted by financial institutions to borrowers who pay credit in the form of goods, services, or money

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CREDIT

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IN ACCOUNTING, it pertains to the entry in an account that increases the liability, revenue, or equity accounts and decreases asset or expense accounts

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CREDIT

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cash loans extended by financial institutions (formal or informal, individuals or groups) to the different actors in the agri-food supply chains

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AGRICULTURAL CREDIT

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TRUE OR FALSE

agcredit may only be availed through cash

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FALSE

it may be cash or in-kind

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examples of in-kind agcredit

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MATERIAL INPUTS (lent by agri-supply stores, middlemen, and other input suppliers to the producers, and the manual labor paid
using a portion of the harvest)

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THE AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAIN

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suppliers—->farming—->
processing—->distribution—->
retail—->consumer

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example of agricultural credit

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Kapital Access for Young Agripreneurs (KAYA)
Agri-Negosya Loan Program
Sikat Saka
Agrarian Production Credit Program (APCP)

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encompasses the range of financial services offered and used in rural areas by people of all income levels.

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RURAL FINANCE

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as a field of work, it enables access to farmers and all related enterprises to efficient and sustainable financial services which can promote agricultural and economic development

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RURAL FINANCE

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are all transactions in rural finance agricultural?

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no. there are non- agricultural enterprises that operate in rural economies, and their need for financial services is provided through rural financing, and not agricultural financing

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is agricultural finance merely a subset of
rural finance?

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no. while a large part of agricultural finance is a subset of rural finance since agricultural activities predominantly occur in rural areas, there is still a portion of agricultural finance that is outside the subset of rural finance (i.e., urban farming/agriculture and food processing and manufacturing situated in urban areas).

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range of financial services offered to and utilized by individuals or groups who belong to the low-income level in both rural and urban areas

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MICROFINANCE

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examples of products and services in MICROFINANCE

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micro-deposits, micro-insurance, micro-enterprise loan plus, housing microfinance loans, micro-agri loans

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“helping the poor help themselves”

TAGLINE OF WHICH TYPE OF FINANCE

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MICROFINANCE

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NATURE OF AGRICULTURAL FINANCE

FINANCING AGRICULTURE or FINANCING OTHER SECTORS

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generally, risk and uncertainties involved in an enterprise can be foreseen and managed

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NATURE OF AGRICULTURAL FINANCE FINANCING AGRICULTURE or FINANCING OTHER SECTORS ownership of land is difficult to verify as land records are not updated
FINANCING AGRICULTURE
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NATURE OF AGRICULTURAL FINANCE FINANCING AGRICULTURE or FINANCING OTHER SECTORS sufficient infrastructure is available to implement their schemes
FINANCING OTHER SECTORS
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NATURE OF AGRICULTURAL FINANCE FINANCING AGRICULTURE or FINANCING OTHER SECTORS very short gestation period
FINANCING OTHER SECTORS
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NATURE OF AGRICULTURAL FINANCE FINANCING AGRICULTURE or FINANCING OTHER SECTORS monitoring is relatively easier and less time consuming
FINANCING OTHER SECTORS
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NATURE OF AGRICULTURAL FINANCE FINANCING AGRICULTURE or FINANCING OTHER SECTORS identification of ownership can be easily done by verifying records
FINANCING THE SECTORS
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NATURE OF AGRICULTURAL FINANCE FINANCING AGRICULTURE or FINANCING OTHER SECTORS entrepreneurs are not usually misled by external influence as they are well organized
FINANCING OTHER SECTORS
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NATURE OF AGRICULTURAL FINANCE FINANCING AGRICULTURE or FINANCING OTHER SECTORS long gestation period between investment and returns
FINANCING AGRICULTURE
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ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN AGRI FINANCE TRUE OR FALSE higher bank density ratio can be found in region 3
FALSE NCR accounts for higher bank density since concentrated ang banking facilities doon
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TRUE OR FALSE Rural clients outside NCR compete for access to bank credit and other servs with those urban areas, who predictably lag behind in access
FALSE switch Rural with Urban
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ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN AGRIFIN TRUE OR FALSE high transac costs of small farmer loans discourage bank lending
TRUE (mas favorable pa sa banks mag-provide loans nang malakihan)
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ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN AGRIFIN informal moneylenders operate on a very limited supply of funds, that's why it's not???
IT IS NOT SUFFICIENT to service a large number of borrowers
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it explains why agri output has not increased despite cheap credit
FUNGIBILITY OF CREDIT (di naco-control ng rural fin insti kung saan talaga ginagamit yung loans and minsan nga ay hindi for the intended purpose)
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misutilization of loans leads to _______ farm output and income AND this negatively impacts the _______ to pay the loans
LOWER; ABILITY
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SUPPLY SIDE FACTORS RESULTING TO LOW AGRICULTURAL FINANCING TRUE OR FALSE agri and agra loan quota spawned efficiency in funds allocation and decreased banks' opp costs
FALSE efficiency--->inefficiency decreased--->increased
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SUPPLY SIDE FACTORS RESULTING TO LOW AGRICULTURAL FINANCING overly _______ loan provision requirements of CBP to ensure greater prudence made most banks _______ of agriculture sector
STRICT; WARY
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SUPPLY SIDE FACTORS RESULTING TO LOW AGRICULTURAL FINANCING TRUE OR FALSE reduction in the number of existing banks due to mergers strengthened the impact of interest deregulation
FALSE strengthened---->weakened (interest deregulation - large banks control pricing)
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SUPPLY SIDE FACTORS RESULTING TO LOW AGRICULTURAL FINANCING TRUE OR FALSE banks shield away from extending small farmer loans and low-cost credit following the enactments of the Magna Carta for Small Farmers (RA 7607)
TRUE
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SUPPLY SIDE FACTORS RESULTING TO LOW AGRICULTURAL FINANCING TRUE OR FALSE Magna Carta for Small Farmers (RA 7607) of 1992 states that interest rates for small farmer loans should be greater than 75% of prevailing commercial rates
FALSE should be greater---->should not be greater
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SUPPLY SIDE FACTORS RESULTING TO LOW AGRICULTURAL FINANCING this promoted inefficiency fund allocations, prevented rural borrowers from venturing into other rural-based enterprises
CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTED CREDIT PROGRAMS
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DEMAND SIDE FACTORS RESULTING TO LOW AGRICULTURAL FINANCING
1. lack of collateral value of land 2. the poor credit rating of small farmers 3. financial liberalization coupled with protectionist rural programs
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FEATURES OF DIRECTED AGRICULTURAL CREDIT PARADIGM chief aims
boost agri prod and reduce poverty
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FEATURES OF DIRECTED AGRICULTURAL CREDIT PARADIGM role of financial markets
help the poor and stimulate production
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DACP view of users
beneficiaries; borrowers
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FEATURES OF DIRECTED AGRICULTURAL CREDIT PARADIGM subsidies
heavily subsidy dependent
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FEATURES OF DIRECTED AGRICULTURAL CREDIT PARADIGM sources of funds
vertical: gov't and donors
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FEATURES OF DIRECTED AGRICULTURAL CREDIT PARADIGM associated information systems
dense, fragmented, and vertical
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FEATURES OF DIRECTED AGRICULTURAL CREDIT PARADIGM sustainability
largely ignored
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FEATURES OF DIRECTED AGRICULTURAL CREDIT PARADIGM outreach
mostly ignored
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FEATURES OF DIRECTED AGRICULTURAL CREDIT PARADIGM evaluations
credit impact on beneficiaries - mainly primary data
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REASONS FOR THE FAILURE OF THE DACP
-the emphasis on disbursing ag credit meant that the development of SUSTAINABLE FIN INST AND MARKET WAS NEGLECTED -perception of rural comms as TOO POOR TO SAVE, so efforts concentrated almost exclusively -development fin insti were often seen as GOVERNMENT DISBURSEMENT WINDOWS, resulting in a poor loan repayment culture
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FEATURES OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS PARADIGM chief aims
reduce market imperfections and transac costs for incom expans and poverty reduction
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FEATURES OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS PARADIGM role of financial markets
intermediate efficiently
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FEATURES OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS PARADIGM view of users
clients: borrowers and depositors
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FEATURES OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS PARADIGM subsidies
increasingly independent of subsidies
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FEATURES OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS PARADIGM sources of funds
horizontal: primarily voluntary deposits
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FEATURES OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS PARADIGM associated info systems
less dens and mainly horizontal
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FEATURES OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS PARADIGM sustainability
major concern
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FEATURES OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS PARADIGM outreach
primary concern
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FEATURES OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS PARADIGM evaluation
performance of fin insti