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Table 5 Factors affecting allocative efficiency of rice production in Northern Uganda

From: Farm level allocative efficiency of rice production in Gulu and Amuru districts, Northern Uganda

Allocative efficiency

Coefficient (robust standard error)

District (Gulu)

0.0280** (0.0127)

Marriage dummy (married)

− 0.0206 (0.0256)

Household size

− 0.0371*** (0.0039)

Experience (years)

0.0001 (0.0005)

Distance to the nearest trading centre

0.0025** (0.0012)

Farm size

− 0.0071*** (0.0017)

Number of crop enterprises

0.0119** (0.0053)

Use of hired labour

− 0.0388** (0.0170)

Use of ox-plough

0.0409** (0.0173)

Membership to a farmers’ group

0.0073 (0.0144)

Access to credit services

− 0.0274* (0.0142)

Constant

0.8683*** (0.0367)

Sigma

0.0874 (0.0067)

F(11, 188)

22.6000

Pseudo R square

− 1.0403

Log likelihood

203.6386

N

200

  1. VIF test had mean VIF of 1.26. All the variables in this model had VIF values of less than 3, which is highly acceptable
  2. *10% level of significance
  3. **5% level of significance
  4. ***1% level of significance