Table 1.

Descriptive statistics – cereal survey.

	Mean	Standard deviation	Min	Max
Exposure to extension services:
DA visited the plot (0/1)	0.4	0.5	0	1
DA provided advice on amount of fertilizer to use on the plot (0/1)	0.5	0.5	0	1
DA provided advice on type of fertilizer to use on the plot (0/1)	0.5	0.5	0	1
DA provided advice on type of seed to use on the plot (0/1)	0.5	0.5	0	1
DA provided advice on the type of crop suitable to the plot (0/1)	0.5	0.5	0	1
DA provided crop specific advice on the plot (0/1)	0.6	0.5	0	1
Distance variables:
Distance to the woreda capital by car (km)	19	12.2	1	61
Household's distance to FTC (minutes)	30.1	23.2	0	90
Household characteristics:
Male head (0/1)	0.9	0.3	0	1
Age of the household head (years)	45.9	12.9	20	95
Education of household head (years of schooling)	3.3	3.8	0	17
Males 0–15 years of age (number)	1.4	1.2	0	7
Males 16–64 years of age (number)	1.6	1	0	10
Males 64+ years of age (number)	0.1	0.3	0	4
Females 0–15 years of age (number)	1.3	1.2	0	6
Females 16–64 years of age (number)	1.4	0.8	0	7
Females 64+ years of age (number)	0.1	0.2	0	2
Value of household assets (in '000 birr)	1.5	4.6	0	36.1
Plot characteristics:
Land area cultivated (hectares)	3.4	3.5	0.1	18.1
Plots managed (number)	2.6	1.6	1	15
Slope of the plot is flat (0/1)	0.6	0.4	0	1
Soil is fertile (0/1)	0.3	0.4	0	1
Travel time to the plot from residence (minutes)	19.7	21.1	0	180

Source: Authors’ calculation based on the 2018 Digital Green's household survey data.

Note: N = 2422 farm households.