Document Type
Honors Project - Open Access
Abstract
In this study, I explore if the timing of credit in the pineapple production cycle affects fertilizer use at the first crucial application period in Southern Ghana. Using unique survey data collected at six-week intervals, results of Probit and Tobit models suggest that total credit has no effect on fertilizer use, but an additional dollar of credit specifically during the time of interest significantly increases the probability of fertilizer use by 0.138% and the amount of fertilizer by 0.797%. Findings suggest that credit should be targeted during agronomically important periods for input use in order to maximize the effect of credit.
Recommended Citation
Timerman, Jessica, "Loans and Fertilizer Use: The Effect of Timing in Pineapple Production in Southern Ghana" (2017). Economics Honors Projects. 73.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/economics_honors_projects/73
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