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Impact of Credit Use on Resource Productivity of Sweet Potatoes Farmers in Osun-State, Nigeria

In the face of excruciating poverty in the rural economy where in farmers are major players, credit is necessary for capital formation, diversified agricultural production and efficiency in agricultural resource-use. This paper thus examines the credit-linked differences in production knowledge among sweet potatoes farmers in Osun-State. The objectives relates to socio-economic differences and resource use efficiency between farmers producing with credit and farmers producing without credit. In this while, the study was able to access the impact of credit on the resource productivity of the sw…