Table 1.
Survey location, number of interviewed farmers and their household rice production
| Variables | XYL | XK | HP | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surveyed location | ||||
| No. interviewed districts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| No. interviewed villages | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| No. interviewed farmers | 59 | 55 | 54 | 168 |
| No. interviewed female farmers | 24 | 19 | 6 | 49 |
| Mean age of interviewed farmers (years) | 49 ± 11.5 | 47 ± 11.5 | 39 ± 11.7 | 46 ± 12.2 |
| Mean size of farmer hh (pers./hh) | 5 ± 1.4 | 6 ± 1.6 | 8 ± 3.1 | 6 ± 2.4 |
| Mean no. females in hh (pers./hh) | 3 ± 1 | 3 ± 1 | 4 ± 2 | 3 ± 1 |
| Rice production | ||||
| Rice produced (tone/hh) | 3.7 ± 3.0 | 4.7 ± 2.0 | 3.2 ± 1.6 | 3.9 ± 2.4 |
| Cultivated areas (ha/hh) | 1.3 ± 0.8 | 1.2 ± 0.5 | 0.9 ± 0.7 | 1.1 ± 0.7 |
| Produce enough rice to hh (%) | 91 | 96 | 98 | 95 |
XYL, Xayyabouli; XK, Xiengkhoung; HP, Huaphan; hh, household.
Mean ± standard deviation.