@article{Simtowe:207797,
      recid = {207797},
      author = {Simtowe, Franklin and Zeller, Manfred and Diagne, Aliou},
      title = {The impact of credit constraints on the adoption of hybrid  maize in Malawi.},
      journal = {Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue  d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement (RAEStud)},
      address = {2009},
      number = {906-2016-71289},
      series = {90},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {This paper investigates the impact of credit constraints  on the adoption of hybrid maize among rural households in  Malawi. To address the endogenous and binary nature of the  household's credit constraints status, we employ a  treatment-effects model to consistently estimate the effect  of credit constraints. Results reveal that after  effectively correcting for endogeneity, credit constraints  have a negative and significant effect on the amount of  land allocated to hybrid maize. Results also show that  farmers with larger land holdings allocate more land to  hybrid maize. Although less likely to report credit  constraints, older farmers allocate less land to hybrid  maize than younger farmers. These findings suggest that  there is scope for increasing the cultivation of hybrid  maize in Malawi if credit is targeted at younger farmers  that are credit-constrained.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/207797},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.207797},
}