Table 2.

Descriptive statistics result of the variables used in the Tobit model (N = 187).

Variables	Description
	Continuous Variables	Mean	Std. Dev.
Age	Age of the household heads years	44.27	11.65
Educ	Education level of household heads in years	2.55	2.34
Fsize	Family size in number of persons	5.01	1.98
Dmrkt	Distance of the household to the nearest market in km	8.22	8.74
Farmexpe	Experience of farmers in sesame production in year	12.95	7.93
Lsize	Cultivated plot Size in hectares	27.20	110.91
Totalownd	Total asset owned by the household in number	22.09	21.69
	Dummy variables	Yes	No
Planting method	dummy variable 1 if the farm household used row planting method and 0 if broadcasting	52	135
Access to information	Dummy variable 1 if the farm household have access to information and 0 otherwise	152	35
Membership of the Household to organization	Dummy variable 1 if the farm household is a member in rural associations and 0 otherwise	166	21
Gender	Dummy variable 1 for male headed and 0 for female headed households	169	18
Improved seed	Dummy variable 1 if the farm household used improved seed and 0 otherwise	98	89
Access to credit	Dummy variable 1 if the farm household have access to credit and 0 otherwise	142	45

Source: Field data, 2017