Kloeppinger-Todd, RenateAgwe, JonathanNeal, ChristopherLawton, Anna2012-03-302012-03-302008-10-01Development Outreach1020-797Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4559Rural finance and credit services to smallholder farmers are high-risk activities. But there is hope for a boost because rural finance has a pivotal role to play amid rising food prices and the need to increase agricultural production.CC BY 3.0 IGOaccess to creditaccess to financial servicesaccess to insuranceagricultural sectorcommercial farmerscost of creditfinancial servicesinsurance serviceslack of accessrural financeJournal ArticleWorld Bank10.1596/1020-797X-10_3_27