|
Variable
|
All
|
Adopters (N = 348)
|
Non-adopters (N = 215)
|
Difference
|
t-value
|
|---|
|
Consumption expend. per capita
|
21897.78 (954.84)
|
23201.19 (1117.76)
|
19788.07 (1719.63)
|
3413.12 (1961.78)
|
1.74*
|
|
Rice income per hectare
|
223555.90 (6109.67)
|
231268.30 (8063.61)
|
211072.70 (9212.44)
|
20195.59 (12557.55)
|
1.61
|
|
Rice income per capita
|
28503.33 (1054.86)
|
32500.24 (1860.09)
|
26033.81 (1245.49)
|
6466.44 (2155.88)
|
2.99***
|
|
Total farm income per capita
|
43188.73 (1607.10)
|
42775.88 (1796.17)
|
43856.98 (3048.06)
|
1081.11 (3310.46)
|
0.33
|
|
Average yield (kg/ha)
|
3271.07 (94.35)
|
3408.13 (122.6)
|
3049.22 (146.57)
|
358.90 (193.78)
|
1.85*
|
|
Total farm size (ha)
|
2.59 (0.09)
|
2.63 (0.12)
|
2.55 (0.16)
|
0.08 (0.19)
|
0.39
|
|
Access to credit (%)
|
23.45 (0.02)
|
12.07 (0.02)
|
41.86 (0.03)
|
29.79 (0.03)
|
8.61***
|
|
Market participation (%)
|
70.69 (0.02)
|
60.63 (0.03)
|
86.97 (0.02)
|
26.34 (0.04)
|
6.94***
|
Cost of seed (N)
|
124.97 (1.56)
|
124.71 (1.49)
|
125.39 (1.82)
|
0.684 (2.38)
|
0.287
|
|
Distance to source of seed (KM)
|
4.39 (0.27)
|
5.36 (0.39)
|
2.80 (0.29)
|
2.56 (0.55)
|
4.61
|
- Source: Field survey, 2010. ***, **, and * implies significant at 1 %, 5 %, and 10 % respectively
- Note: Figures in Parentheses are the standard error
