Table 5a.

Credit-based expenditure on external inputs, by shares of strata.

Countries	Farm size strata	Buying on credit (%)	In all credit-based fertilizer outlay	In all credit-based pesticide outlay	In all credit-based seed outlay	In all credit-based input outlay
Malawi
	0–0.49	3	4	11	13	4
	0.5–0.99	3	4	15	16	4
	1–1.99	10	61	38	44	60
	2–4.99	10	32	36	27	32
	5+	14	0	0	0	0
	Overall		100	100	100	100
Nigeria
	0–0.49	3	49	NA	13	45
	0.5–0.99	5	22	NA	22	22
	1–1.99	4	11	NA	62	16
	2–4.99	1	2	NA	0	2
	5+	6	16	NA	3	14
	Overall		100	NA	100	100
Tanzania
	0–0.49	2	0	0	NA	0
	0.5–0.99	6	4	3	NA	4
	1–1.99	8	10	15	NA	10
	2–4.99	20	36	69	NA	38
	5+	24	50	12	NA	48
	Overall		100	100	NA	100
Uganda
	0–0.49	0	0	0	NA	0
	0.5–0.99	2	3	17	NA	5
	1–1.99	11	57	54	NA	56
	2–4.99	11	40	28	NA	39
	5+	0	0	0	NA	0
	Overall		100	100	NA	100

Note: NA implies information unavailable from dataset.

Column 3 pertains to farm households buying at least one external input.

Source: from LSMS data.