Enhanced Microfinance Services and Agricultural Best Management Practices: What Benefits for Smallholders

We analysed the impact of the crop production intensification credit on the size of plots, the yield and production, the food available in the household and finally, the sale of cowpeas and maize. [...] Finally, in the event of non-compliance of one member with the grant conditions, the PO is authorized to exploit that member’s plot to ensure the full repayment of the loan and protect the assets of the other members. [...] Assignment at the commune level has the advantage of guaranteeing the integrity of the intervention and corresponds to the administrative structure chosen by the technical services of Burkina Faso to organize their extension activities in the field. [...] We analysed the sales in kg and in FCFA of cowpeas in the northern part of the project, and maize in the southern part of the project. [...] presents the descriptive statistics of the outcomes and shows some heterogeneity between the results of the statistical tests on the means when comparing the control group to the treatment group.