Factors affecting adoption of improved sorghum varieties in Tanzania under information and capital constraints

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 1 Land allocation to improved and local varieties

Varieties	Percent households (%)	Area under improved varieties		Total farm size		Percent of land allocated to sorghum
Varieties	Percent households (%)	ha	St.Dev	ha	St.Dev	Mean (%)	St.Dev (%)
Adopter (N = 505)
Tegemeo	18	0.65	0.51	2.68	2.26	13	10
Pato	14	0.81	1.15	2.78	3.39	13	11
Macia	22	0.94	1.33	1.91	1.35	26	21
Wahi	12	0.75	0.56	2.77	1.87	14	10
Hakika	10	0.83	0.54	1.62	1.35	25	15
Sila	10	0.72	0.79	2.28	2.13	17	12
Mtama 1	4	0.65	0.64	2.37	1.50	14	11
Non-adopters (N = 317)
Langalanga	54	0.85	0.99	2.82	2.46	19	12
Other local cultivars	91	0.75	0.95	2.68	2.88	14	11