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Table 2 Credit Margin of Investment in the Agricultural Sector and Credit Fungibility

From: Credit margin of investment in the agricultural sector and credit fungibility: the case of smallholders of district Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan

Farmer’s Group

Credit received by farmers

Credit Margin of Investment

%age of Credit Investment

Credit Used for Other Needs

%age of Credit Fungibility

\( {\widehat{CR}}_t \)

CR m

CR in

CR f

CR F

Smallholder farmers (55)

58,547.368

30,167.68

51.53

28,379.68421

48.47

Medium and large-scale farmers (32)

135,833.3

76,763.27

56.51

59,070.07

43.49

T-test = 11.93789***; P-value(0.000)

1.41739*; P-value(0.0831)

  1. NB: *** and * show significance at 1% and 10%
  2. Source: Computed from data from field survey, 2016