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. 2017 Feb;67:93–105. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.09.014

Table 7.

Shares of farmers using harvest to reimburse input credit.

Countries Farm size strata Share of farmers using their harvest to repay labor received on credit (%) Share of farmers using their harvest to repay external inputs received on credit (%)
Malawi
0–0.49 37 1
0.5–0.99 45 3
1–1.99 50 2
2–4.99 47 1
5+ 24 0
All 42 1.8



Nigeria
0–0.49 26 1
0.5–0.99 29 1
1–1.99 26 3
2–4.99 21 2
5+ 22 3
All 26 1.4



Tanzania
0–0.49 NA 0
0.5–0.99 NA 1
1–1.99 NA 1
2–4.99 NA 4
5+ NA 5
All NA 1.9



Uganda
0–0.49 54 NA
0.5–0.99 63 NA
1–1.99 74 NA
2–4.99 78 NA
5+ 81 NA
All 68 NA

Notes: NA implies that information is unavailable in the dataset used.

Source: Generated by authors using LSMS data.