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Table 3 Descriptive statistics of the technology diffusion and adoption prior to and after the training

From: Does training location matter? Evidence from a randomized field experiment in Rural Indonesia

Variables

All farmers

Difference (all farmers)

Training participants

Difference (training participant)

Non-training participants

Difference (non-training participant)

Difference (training participant vs non-training participant)

(Before training) year of 2012

(After training) year of 2013 and 2014

(Before training) year of 2012

(After training) year of 2013 and 2014

(Before training) year of 2012

(After training) year of 2013 and 2014

(Before training) year of 2012

(After training) year of 2013 and 2014

Knowing soil and water conservation technique (1 = yes)

0.878

(0.327)

0.920

(0.270)

0.042**

0.871

(0.335)

0.948

(0.222)

0.076**

0.882

(0.322)

0.903

(0.295)

0.020

− 0.011

0.044**

Knowing grafting

(1 = yes)

0.897

(0.304)

0.891

(0.312)

− 0.0064

0.915

(0.025)

0.941

(0.235)

0.025

0.885

(0.023)

0.859

(0.348)

− 0.026

0.0305

0.081***

Adopting soil and water conservation technique (1 = yes)

0.75

(0.429)

0.826

(0.379)

0.069**

0.747

(0.436)

0.857

(0.350)

0.109**

0.762

(0.426)

0.805

(0.396)

0.033

− 0.014

0.052*

Adopting grafting

(1 = yes)

0.845

(0.361)

0.827

(0.377)

− 0.017

0.857

(0.351)

0.865 (0.342)

0.0084

0.838

(0.368)

0.804

(0.396)

− 0.043

0.018

0.060*

Knowing WH and grafting

(1 = yes)

0.823

(0.382)

0.850

(0.356)

0.027

0.831

(0.375)

0.899

(0.301)

.067*

0.817

(0.387)

0.820

(0.384)

0.002

0.014

0.079***

Adopt WH and grafting

(1 = yes)

0.684

(0.465)

0.736

(0.441)

0.051*

0.672

(0.471)

0.781

(0.414)

.109**

0.692

(0.462)

0.708

(0.455)

0.015

− 0.02

0.073**

Observation

311

622

 

119

238

 

192

384

   
  1. Standard deviations are in parentheses
  2. ***, **, and * signify statistical significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% level, respectively