Research Article

Rural Credit and Farms Efficiency: Modelling Farmers Credit Allocation Decisions, Evidences from Benin

Table 3

Allocation schemes, contexts, and definitions.

Inputs SchemesContexts Definitions

Credit(a)Out-farm Credit to debts refunding, weddings, deaths, housing, and so forth
Credit2(b)Doubling the given amount (threshold)

Credit capital(c)In-farm Credit to increase agricultural materials
Credit acreage(d)Credit to increase acreage
Credit intermediary inputs(e)Credit to increase pesticides, herbicides, and so forth
Credit labour(f)Credit to increase workers

Source: authors’ calculations.