Enhancing Smallholder Access to Agricultural Machinery Services: Lessons from Bangladesh
研究孟加拉国带头农户投资农业机械并提供服务给其他农户的模式，发现教育水平、信贷可得性和风险态度是决定农户成为带头农户的关键因素，对改善小农户机械服务获取有借鉴意义。
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.