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Table 8 Amount of land under organic and conventional cotton

From: Socioeconomic determinants of organic cotton adoption in Benin, West Africa

Type of cotton farming

Rich

Medium

Poor

Very poor

All

Conventional cotton (ha)(a)

8.63 (10.64)

3.23 (2.28)

2.75 (2.09)

1.64 (1.21)

3.30 (4.59)

Distribution (%)

     
 

[0, 2] ha

20.0

42.9

57.4

86.2

57.1

 

]2, 5] ha

33.3

42.9

33.3

10.3

29.4

 

]5, 10] ha

26.7

14.3

9.3

3.4

10.9

 

>10 ha

20.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.5

Organic cotton (ha)(a)

3.21 (2.17)

2.60 (1.98)

0.79 (0.72)

0.56 (0.37)

1.56 (1.73)

Distribution (%)

     
 

[0, 2] ha

41.2

53.6

97.7

100.0

78.6

 

]2, 5] ha

47.1

35.7

2.3

0.0

17.0

 

]5, 10] ha

11.8

10.7

0.0

0.0

4.5

 

>10 ha

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

  1. (a)Figures in parenthesis are standard deviations.