The country’s credit market is remarkably tight, and access to finance for high-risk agricultural projects, with or without property and regardless of gender, is severely restricted. Loans fo rural women are smaller than those granted to men for similar activities. The production of these vegetables is strictly export-oriented, as there is no domestic market tor these products. Exporters provide producers with inputs and credit, due to the tight credit markets. An exporter realized that female producers' late credit repayments were virtually zero, compared to the men’s much higher rates.