Bibliometric study on relationship of agricultural credit with farmer distress

Autor: Prabir Kumar Bandyopadhyay, Sanjeev Kadam, Bhavna Pandey, Manju Singh
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal. 29:278-288
ISSN: 1477-7835
Popis: PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide quantitative analysis of the extant literature on farmer distress resulting from agricultural credit and identify research gaps.Design/methodology/approachThe authors have used the citation analysis which is based on the citation graph. For the current study, the authors have used SCOPUS database.FindingsThe study reveals that the farmer distress is one of the social sustainability issues which have attracted major attentions from academia. Most of the studies in recent years are from South Asian perspectives and the extant literature focusing on some of the important issues like farmer challenges and pesticide poisoning. Most of the studies provide anecdotal evidences. Hence, the empirical research is scant.Originality/valueThe study is an attempt to provide an in-depth analysis, so that future research directions can be formulated.
Databáze: OpenAIRE