Table 3.

Purchase of external inputs by farm size strata.

	Farm strata (ha)	Farms in stratum (%)	Farmland in stratum (%)	Farms buying external inputs (%)	Fertilizer bought by stratum (%)	Pesticides bought by stratum (%)	Seed bought by stratum (%)	Total inputs bought by stratum (%)
Malawi
	0–0.49	45	13	65	30	12	28	30
	0.5–0.99	33	24	69	21	11	34	22
	1–1.99	18	24	79	29	40	23	29
	2–4.99	4	11	91	19	30	13	19
	5+	0	27	84	1	7	2	1
	Overall	100	100		100	100	100	100
Nigeria
	0–0.49	53	8	62	30	19	55	30
	0.5–0.99	20	12	78	25	20	17	23
	1–1.99	15	16	83	23	24	13	22
	2–4.99	9	22	82	16	21	8	16
	5+	3	43	85	5	16	7	8
	Overall	100	100		100	100	100	100
Tanzania
	0–0.49	20	2	13	5	5	NA	5
	0.5–0.99	19	5	14	9	7	NA	9
	1–1.99	24	14	17	20	13	NA	19
	2–4.99	26	32	22	41	46	NA	42
	5+	11	47	24	25	29	NA	26
	Overall	100	100		100	100	NA	100
Uganda
	0–0.49	26	4	6	6	5	NA	5
	0.5–0.99	24	10	16	9	10	NA	10
	1–1.99	26	20	20	35	48	NA	44
	2–4.99	19	30	20	34	25	NA	28
	5+	6	37	28	16	12	NA	14

Note: NA, information unavailable in the dataset.

External inputs include fertilizer, seeds and pesticides.

Source: LSMS data.