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

Table 4

Effects of credit allocation schemes on farms technical efficiency.

TE	0.6752943 (±0.137443)
Inputs	Schemes	Elasticities
Credit	(a)	−0.0000135 (0.00000633)	0.033**
Credit^2	(b)	−0.00000000000364 (—)	—
Credit capital	(c)	0.000000488 (0.00000166)	0.769
Credit acreage	(d)	−0.00000428 (0.0000052)	0.410
Credit intermediary inputs	(e)	0.00000873 (0.00000522)	0.094*
Credit labour	(f)	−0.00000549 (0.00000287)	0.055*

Note: significant at 10%, 5%, and 1%, respectively.
Source: authors’ calculations.