Table 1.
Descriptive statistics improved chickpea adoption.
| 2006/07 |
2009/10 |
2013/14 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | |
| Panel A: Balanced sample | ||||||
| Chickpea (yes = 1) | 0.655 | 0.476 | 0.805 | 0.396 | 0.881 | 0.324 |
| Improved variety (1 = yes) | 0.312 | 0.464 | 0.630 | 0.483 | 0.790 | 0.407 |
| Improved chickpea area (ha) | 0.172 | 0.390 | 0.327 | 0.414 | 0.425 | 0.427 |
| Improved chickpea seed (kg) | 34.23 | 79.27 | 60.70 | 80.05 | 89.60 | 101.8 |
| Improved chickpea share area (%) | 5.925 | 11.67 | 12.11 | 12.96 | 18.90 | 14.24 |
| Improved chickpea share income (%) | 7.023 | 13.80 | 15.84 | 16.94 | 16.23 | 13.21 |
| Observations | 606 | 606 | 606 | |||
| Panel B: Chickpea growers | ||||||
| Improved variety (1 = yes) | 0.476 | 0.500 | 0.783 | 0.413 | 0.897 | 0.304 |
| Improved chickpea area (ha) | 0.263 | 0.457 | 0.406 | 0.425 | 0.482 | 0.423 |
| Improved chickpea seed (kg) | 52.25 | 93.04 | 75.38 | 82.78 | 101.7 | 102.7 |
| Improved chickpea share area (%) | 9.044 | 13.41 | 15.03 | 12.82 | 21.45 | 13.24 |
| Improved chickpea share income (%) | 10.72 | 15.85 | 19.68 | 16.77 | 18.42 | 12.56 |
| Observations | 397 | 488 | 534 | |||
Note: Panel A displays means and standard deviations of improved chickpea adoption indicators by year for the balanced sample. Panel B displays means and standard deviations of improved chickpea adoption indicators by year for households that grow chickpeas.