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Table 8 Characteristics of identified clusters of farm households and p-value of one way analysis of variance (equality of group mean) for variables used in characterization of farm types

From: Farm types and their economic characterization in complex agro-ecosystems for informed extension intervention: study from coastal West Bengal, India

 

Cluster 1

Cluster 2

Cluster 3

Cluster 4

P-value

(N = 4)

(N = 25)

(N = 35)

(N = 7)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

 

Age (yrs)

50.50ab**

51.68a

46.03b

53.86a

0.00

Family size

9.50

6.72

5.60

7.29

0.00

Farm size (bigha)*

10.38a

7.71bc

5.28c

9.65ab

0.00

Own land (bigha)

6.88ab

6.55b

4.41b

9.65a

0.00

Leased in land (bigha)

3.50a

1.16b

0.87bc

0.00c

0.00

Leased out land (bigha)

0.28a

0.12b

0.07b

0.36a

0.02

Land fragment (no.)

4.25ab

3.96b

3.22c

4.43a

0.01

Distance from home

2.0a

1.08b

1.08b

1.28b

0.00

Education Index

2.27

1,92

1.92

1.97

0.20

Area of Rice (bigha)

8.00a

6.16ab

4.76b

7.79a

0.00

Area of Vegetables (bigha)

0.75b

1.40a

0.70b

1.84a

0.00

Area of oilseeds (bigha)

0.23b

0.86ab

0.09b

1.43a

0.00

Crop Diversification Index

0.29ab

0.33a

0.28b

0.28b

0.01

System Gross return (Rs.)

139640ab

110980b

66508c

149550a

0.00

System Cost of Cultivation (Rs.)

60391ab

47228b

30330c

64218a

0.00

System Net Return (Rs.)

79250a

63755a

34576b

79449a

0.00

Cost-Benefit Ratio

2.42

2.34

2.39

2.28

0.88

Income from Rice (Rs.)

37380a

23165b

20734b

34563a

0.00

Income from pulses (Rs.)

576c

3538ab

310bc

4071a

0.00

Income from Oilseed (Rs.)

1050b

296b

40b

2657a

0.00

Income from Vegetables (Rs.)

23610b

42148a

16817b

46093a

0.00

Income from Fruits (Rs.)

9700a

6584ab

29862

5185b

0.01

Income from plantation (Rs.)

1750b

1856b

332c

3614a

0.00

Income from Livestock (Rs.)

5600ab

6059a

4738b

6558a

0.01

Income from poultry (Rs.)

50125a

503b

701b

212b

0.00

Income from Fishery (Rs.)

8250b

18816a

4995

15800a

0.00

Income from goatery (Rs.)

1600b

650c

1145b

6485a

0.00

Off-farm Income (Rs.)

0c

800c

15171a

2857b

0.00

  1. *1 bigha = 0.133 ha.
  2. **Difference in mean among clusters denoted by different letters as found from Duncan Multiple Range Test. Highest mean value is denoted by a, followed by b and c when significant mean difference was found between clusters.