Rural Development Institute

The Role of Farmer Field Schools and CGSL Credit Integration in Technology Diffusion in Rural South Sudan

This article examines how Farmer Field School-type extension platforms can be integrated with Community Group Saving and Lending (CGSL) credit mechanisms to accelerate technology diffusion among rural smallholders in South Sudan. The argument is developed from doctoral field evid...

The Yield Gap Between Subsistence and Improved Varieties: Estimating Returns to Micro-Credit-Financed Inputs in Eastern Equatoria

This article estimates how micro-credit-financed inputs can narrow the yield gap between subsistence production and improved crop varieties among CGSL-financed smallholders in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan. The article uses Eastern Equatoria as the focal case within a broader do...

Agroecological Zoning and Credit Demand Heterogeneity: Implications for CGSL Product Design in South Sudan

Community Group Saving and Lending (CGSL) mechanisms are increasingly important in rural South Sudan because formal financial institutions remain thinly distributed outside urban and peri-urban markets. Yet many CGSL products still treat rural borrowers as if they face the same p...