International Journal of Research in Finance and Marketing
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 11

A Study on Factors Influencing Selection of Banks in Agriculture Credit in Dakshina Kannada District

  • Author:
  • Lokesha1, P Ishwara2, Vishal Samartha3
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Page Number: 1 to 11

1Department of MBA, Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Adyar, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

2Department of Commerce, Mangalore University, Konaje, Karnataka, India

3Department of MBA, Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Adyar, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Online published on 3 April, 2017.

Abstract

Availability of credit is one of the important factors for the growth of agriculture sector with several factors like climate, availability of water, manpower and such other factors. Cooperative, public, private and regional rural banks support in meeting the credit requirements of farmers in India. There is several factors influence in selection of type of banks in agriculture credit by the farmers. The present study is an attempt to understand the impact of demographic and agriculture related factors in selection of type of banks in agriculture credit in Dakshina Kannada district in India. The researchers have used chi square test to analyse the data. The results revealed that there is impact of demographic and agriculture related factors in selection of type of banks in agriculture credit in the study area.

Keywords

Agriculture credit, agriculture related factors, banks, and demographic factors