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Credit Constraints, Agricultural Productivity, and Household Welfare in Burkina Faso: A Gender Perspective

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT We define three ordinal credit constraint levels (low, medium, high) and assess their effects on farmers’ welfare through the agricultural productivity channel. Farmers who are successful in getting credit face a low level of credit constraints. Those who do not obtain credit are disentangled in two levels: the high and medium levels of credit constraints. We study the case of Burkina Faso, a country where women farmers experience unequal property rights, we show that these credit constraints offer more detailed insights than a binary approach. Our findings reveal that easing credit constraints boosts welfare and productivity, with variations based on constraint levels and gender. Additionally, less empowered women farmers exhibit reduced productivity despite better credit access, highlighting gender inequality and land rights issues that lead to women's disempowerment and credit misallocation.

Source: Agricultural Economics

DOI: 10.1111/agec.70017

Authors: Yaya Ky, Al‐Mouksit Akim, Jorge Dávalos, Modeste Dayé, Habi Ky

Institutions: Université Thomas SANKARA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, International Monetary Fund, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, University of the Pacific, University of Namur, Université de Ouahigouya

Language: English

Topic: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, No poverty, Zero hunger, Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4408967994

FWCI: 2.841

Cites: 46

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10