Table 1.

Institutional characteristics of sample households.

Characteristics	Percentage of respondents		χ2-Value
	NO (n = 196)	YES (n = 196)
Access to extension services	82.7	17.3	83.592∗∗∗
Frequency of extension contacts	0	5.1	203.643∗∗∗
Access to credit facilities	58.7	41.3	5.898∗∗
Access to weather & climate information	26	74.0	45.082∗∗∗
Utilization of weather & climate information	65.8	34.2	19.612∗∗∗
Access to market	3.1	96.9	172.735∗∗∗
Distance to market (Km)	2.82 ± 2.30

Note: ∗∗∗ significant at 1%, ∗∗significant at 5%, and ∗ significant at 10%.