Relaxing credit and information constraints: five-Year experimental evidence from Tanzanian agriculture.
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Date
2022-10-03
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elservier
Abstract
Low fertilizer application by small farmers continues to inhibit crop yields
around the world. The reasons behind low application rates continue to be de-
bated. We study the longer-term outcomes of a field experiment which focused
on increasing fertilizer use. The original experiment showed that plot-specific
fertilizer recommendations combined with a subsidy increase amounts of ap-
plied fertilizer and maize yields relative to either intervention alone. We show
that these effects dissipate once the subsidy is discontinued. Our results indi-
cate that ability to pay for fertilizer continues to limit fertilizer use even when
farmers have information about appropriate fertilizer types and amounts, and
even after farmers have learned that fertilizer use is profitable. (JEL O13, Q16,
Q18)
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Credit, nformation Constraints, Tanzanian Agriculture, Experimental Evidence