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Socio-demographic factors
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Proportion of male farmers
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72.3 (2.1)
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66.1.4(2.9)
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72.5.1(2.1)
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7.7(3.5)**
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Age
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45.3 (0.91)
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45.9 (2.3)
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45.4 (0.84)
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−0.60 (2.48)
|
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Household size
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4.6 (0.10)
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5.2 (0.28)
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4.8 (0.09)
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−0.5(0.28)*
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Years of residence in the village
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30.4 (1.00)
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29.6(1.22)
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30.1(0.77)
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0.83(1.5)
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Land holding size
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2.1 (0.7)
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3.1 (2.3)
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2.3 (0.1)
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−0.9 (0.2)***
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Off-farm income (MK)
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16682 (1679)
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58464(21409)
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22298(3287)
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−42781(9440)*
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Value of assets (MK)
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5856(729)
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9627(3790)
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6362(810)
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−3770(2374)
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Education and experience farming
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Years of schooling
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4.9(0.19)
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5.1(0.24)
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5 .0(0.15)
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−0.18 (0.30)
|
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Years of experience in pigeonpea farming
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15.1 (0.66)
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18.3 (0.94)
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15.5 (0.7)
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−3.2(1.1)*
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Years of experience in groundnut farming
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8.6 (0.57)
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12.3 (0.91)
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8.7 (0.49)
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−4.1(1.0)**
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Institutional factors
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Proportion farmers with access to credit
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15.2 (2)
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33 (6)
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17.7 (1.1)
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−18 (5)***
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Distance to village market
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2.7 (0.13)
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0.73 (0.19)
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2.4 (0.1)
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1.91 (0.36)***
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Distance to the farmer club
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0.15 (0.03)
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0.03 (0.02)
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0.41(0.03)
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0.13 (0.09)
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Distance to an agricultural office
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4.5(0.14)
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4.7(0.37)
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4.6(0.13)
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−0.04 (0.39)
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Contacts with government extension
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5.6 (0.78)
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2.8(0.90)
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5.3 (0.77)
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2.11 (2.1)
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Contacts with NGO extension worker
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1.8 (0.8)
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0.46 (0.15)
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1.2(0.48)
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1.33 (1.0)
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Membership in faith based organization (%)
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51 (20)
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0.50 (14)
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12.5 (1.3)
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12.5 (2.7)***
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Membership in a farmer’s club
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7.6(1.3)
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13.6(4.4)
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8.4(1.3)
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5.9(3.8)
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