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. 2021 Feb 3;7(2):e06145. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06145

Table 1.

Level of mechanization per Pole of Agricultural Development.

PAD % of equipment used for tillage
Manual Animal-drawn Tractor Manual and animal-drawn Manual and tractor
PAD1 31.35 (12.80)d 7.45 (3.52)b 0.25 (0.06)b 55.90 (18.01)a 5.10 (4.81)a
PAD2 60.29 (19.77)c 13.10 (7.19)a 1.77 (1.53)a 18.10 (15.65)b 4.40 (3.32)ab
PAD3 72.88 (26.57)b 6.42 (6.79)b 1.30 (1.43)ab 17.03 (19.41)b 2.40 (1.67)abc
PAD4 95.89 (6.18)a 0.84 (1.51)c 0.42 (0.69)b 1.61 (2.61)c 1.23 (2.25)bc
PAD5 98.83 (1.19)a 0.11 (0.12)c 0.16 (0.20)b 0.18 (0.16)c 0.72 (0.99)c
PAD6 97.36 (2.61)a 0.16 (0.11)c 0.46 (0.44)b 0.30 (0.32)c 1.68 (1.92)bc
PAD7 98.36 (2.17)a 0.36 (0.78)c 0.32 (0.51)b 0.52 (0.99)c 1.13 (1.62)bc

Each value is an average (standard deviation). Numbers with different letters in the same column are significantly different at 5% threshold according to the Student Newman-Keuls test.

PAD = Pole of Agricultural Development.

Source: Adapted from INSAE 2016.