BanRep's Blog: Climate Risk as a Constraint to Agricultural Credit Access
This new entry analyzes how climate uncertainty hinders the disbursement of credit to small-scale potato producers. Increases in rainfall variability as a result of climate change could exacerbate these barriers.
Publication Date:
Monday, 09 June 2025
09:30
A recent paper published in Ensayos sobre Política Económica (ESPE), a journal of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia), examines the constraints faced by Colombian smallholder farmers in accessing credit. Among other findings, the paper presents the results of a study done by Camilo Bohórquez, Margarita Gáfaro, Karelys Guzmán, and Alex Pérez analyzing the effects of climate risk on credit access using small-scale potato producers as a case study.
