Table 1 Variable definition and their descriptive statistics

Y

IRVs area divided by the total farm size

0.78

2.30

G

Per capita consumption expenditure

34347.99

18226.89

MARKTPAR

1 if farmer sell part of produce, 0 otherwise

0.71

0.46

YIELD

Average yield (Kg/ha)

3271.07

2238.76

AGE

Age of household head

45.00

8.62

AGE2

Square of the age of household head

2117.67

790.36

HSIZE

Number of person living in the household

8.00

4.09

EDUB

1 if farmer has formal education, 0 otherwise

0.68

0.47

VOCT

1 if farmer attended vocational training, 0 otherwise

0.15

0.36

GNR

1 if household head is male, 0 if female

0.81

0.40

OFFINC

1 if farmer has non-farm income , 0 otherwise

0.89

0.32

TOTAREA(HA)

Total farm size in hectare

2.39

1.59

EXCONT

1 if farmer has contact with extension agents, 0 otherwise

0.36

0.48

HOWN

1 if respondent is the landlord, 0 otherwise

0.86

0.35

ACSEED

1 if farmer has access to seed, 0 otherwise

0.70

0.46

MEORG

1 if farmer is a member of any organisation, 0 otherwise

0.31

0.46

SECOST

The average cost of seed in Naira per kg

124.97

1.56

INOCRP(N)

Average income from other crops

90405.00

72470.89

RICINC

Income generated from the sale of rice

189231.70

111276.60

SEDIST(KM))

The distance from the village to the nearest sources of seed

4.39

6.48

FUPL

1 if farmer practice upland rice farming

0.31

0.46

FLOWL

1 if farmer practice lowland rice farming

0.81

0.39

FIRRIG

1 if farmer practice irrigated rice farming

0.16

0.37

ACREDIT

1 if farmer has access to credit

0.24

0.42

YRESID

Years of residence in the village

40.17

14.79

YEDUC

Years of formal education

4.62

5.88

NCRI ^a

1 if farmer has relationship with NCRI

0.217

0.41

MAIN

1 if the farming is the main occupation, 0 otherwise

0.90

0.31

FYEXP

Years of farming experience

37.12

11.32

TRAINB

1 if farmer had attended any training, 0 otherwise

0.21

0.41

NTRAIN

Number of training attended by the farmer

3.00

2.70