Minot, Nicholas; Kherallah, Mylène; Berry, Philippe - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
study finds that fertilizer use is closely related to crop mix and access to inputs on credit, but not to household income ….. In Benin, 88 percent of the fertilizer purchased by farmers is bought on credit through the integrated cotton marketing … purchase fertilizers on credit. Maize accounts for about 60 percent of the fertilizer use, compared to less than a third for …