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JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Volume 53, Issue 9, Pages 1502-1517Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2016.1257116
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- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Bangladesh
- USAID
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) CSISA Phase II project
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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 makes the initial investment in agricultural machinery, and provides services to others on a fee-for-service basis. Profiling the lead farmers can thereby provide important lessons and scaling implications. The present paper provides a case study of Bangladesh, using primary data to characterise the lead farmers. General education, credit availability and risk taking attitude play significant roles in whether or not a farm household will be a lead farmer in Bangladesh.
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