Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund And Credit Risk Management.

ABSTRACTThe Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) was established in 1977 with the aim of enhancing commercial banks’ loans to the agricultural sector in Nigeria with focus on agro-allied and agricultural production. But the scheme has been unable to achieve the desired level of funding that will take the countries Agriculture to the crucial threshold of self sustainance and growth. The above was assessed with a view to establish interaction between ACGSF and credit risk using the ordinary least squares. The study found, among others, that there exist a long-run relationship betwee…