Table 3.
Summary of descriptive statistics.
| Variables |
F0M0H0 |
F1M0H0 |
F0M1H0 |
F0M0H1 |
F1M1H0 |
F1M0H1 |
F0M1H1 |
F1M1H1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | |
| Food consumption | 166.15 | 209.09 | 183.41 | 178.04 | 205.70 | 233.41 | 212.13 | 248.16 |
| Total consumption | 206.09 | 258.12 | 225.82 | 236.31 | 255.41 | 293.85 | 256.33 | 323.50 |
| Sex | .639 | .783∗∗∗ | .752∗∗∗ | .714 | .80∗∗∗ | .794∗∗∗ | .771∗∗∗ | .834∗∗∗ |
| Age | 49.18 | 49.13 | 50.49∗ | 47.95 | 48.63 | 46.21∗∗∗ | 48.07 | 48.69 |
| Education | 1.716 | 2.8∗∗∗ | 1.912 | 1.964 | 2.49∗∗∗ | 2.277∗∗∗ | 2.161∗ | 2.311∗∗∗ |
| Household size | 4.302 | 4.916∗∗∗ | 5.078∗∗∗ | 4.440 | 5.447∗∗∗ | 5.205∗∗∗ | 5.144∗∗∗ | 5.536∗∗∗ |
| Off-farm employment | .049 | .083∗∗ | .076∗∗ | .071 | .073∗∗ | .047 | .084∗ | .052 |
| TLU | 2.230 | 4.018∗∗∗ | 3.608∗∗∗ | 4.064∗∗∗ | 4.116∗∗∗ | 5.403∗∗∗ | 4.478∗∗∗ | 5.630∗∗∗ |
| Remittance | .316 | .238∗∗∗ | .301∗ | .178∗∗ | .258∗∗∗ | .239∗∗∗ | .245∗∗∗ | .218∗∗∗ |
| Distance to market | 82.97 | 58.83∗∗∗ | 82.12 | 80.60 | 66.29∗∗∗ | 68.08∗∗∗ | 76.22∗ | 62.72∗∗∗ |
| Distance to Zonal town | 202.17 | 176.06∗∗∗ | 188.71∗∗∗ | 232∗∗∗ | 155.3∗∗∗ | 175.1∗∗∗ | 215.70 | 142.87∗∗∗ |
| Distance to all weather road | 15.68 | 11.62∗∗∗ | 20.24∗∗∗ | 17.05 | 13.27∗∗∗ | 13.27∗∗∗ | 18.10∗ | 12.22∗∗∗ |
| Extension visit | .028 | .638∗∗∗ | .107∗∗∗ | .166∗∗∗ | .763∗∗∗ | .717∗∗∗ | .152∗∗∗ | .748∗∗∗ |
| Credit access | .063 | .222∗∗∗ | .073 | .154∗∗ | .232∗∗∗ | .294∗∗∗ | .144∗∗∗ | .346∗∗∗ |
| Advisory service | .391 | .744∗∗∗ | .566∗∗∗ | .464∗ | .847∗∗∗ | .854∗∗∗ | .567∗∗∗ | .869∗∗∗ |
| Tenure security | .428 | .594∗∗∗ | .594∗∗∗ | .488 | .763∗∗∗ | .649∗∗∗ | .50∗ | .735∗∗∗ |
| Plot distance | 1.111 | .886∗ | .534∗∗∗ | .888∗ | 2.279 | .838∗∗∗ | .637∗∗∗ | .483∗∗∗ |
| Plot –PWI | 12.39 | 12.60∗∗∗ | 12.38 | 12.30 | 12.66∗∗∗ | 12.72∗∗∗ | 12.31 | 12.88∗∗∗ |
| Land size | .670 | .982∗∗∗ | .769∗∗ | 1.026∗∗∗ | .866∗∗∗ | 1.427∗∗∗ | 2.629 | 1.151∗∗∗ |
| Soil quality (good) | .442 | .366∗∗ | .470 | .404 | .496∗∗ | .504∗∗ | .415 | .507∗∗∗ |
| Soil quality (fair) | .475 | .55∗∗ | .433∗ | .476 | .443∗ | .444 | .491 | .423∗∗ |
| Soil quality (poor) | .081 | .083 | .095 | .119 | .060∗∗ | .051∗∗ | .093 | .068 |
Note: Mean comparison test is used to compare the means of explanatory variables between non-adopters (F0M0H0) and adopters of each packages of alternative technology, and the signs ∗, ∗∗, ∗∗∗ signifies significance level at 10%, 5%, and 1% respectively.