Table 1 Mean and proportion of producers’ characteristics by crop diversification
Variables | Category | Mean/proportion | t/χ2 statistics | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diversifier (n = 310) | Non-diversifier (n = 75) | Overall | |||
Age | Years | 48.98(10.42) | 45.56(10.71) | 48.31(10.56) | − 2.536** |
Family size | AE | 3.67(1.42) | 3.63(1.12) | 3.66(1.36) | − 0.203 |
Experience | Years | 19.29(11.65) | 17.13(12.06) | 18.87(11.75) | − 1.429 |
Livestock owned | TLU | 6.78(5.01) | 6.67(10.49) | 8.87(46.09) | − 0.132 |
Total land size | ha | 1.86(0.80) | 1.33(0.897) | 1.764(0.849) | − 5.093*** |
Distance to nearest market | Km | 5.69(5.19) | 3.01(3.54) | 5.17(5.02) | − 0.583 |
Distance to development center | km | 2.49(2.89) | 2.69(2.36) | 2.54(2.79) | 0.550 |
Sex | Male | 300(77.92) | 67 (17.40) | 367(95.32) | 7.502*** |
Female | 10(2.60) | 8(2.08) | 18(4.68) | ||
Off/on–farm income | Yes | 127(32.99) | 34(8.83) | 161(41.82) | 0.473 |
No | 183(47.53) | 41(10.65) | 224(58.18) | Â | |
Market information | Yes | 206(53.51) | 39(10.13) | 245(63.64) | 5.450** |
No | 104(27.01) | 36(9.35) | 140(36.36) | ||
Extension access | Yes | 246(63.90) | 56(14.55) | 302(78.44) | 0.785 |
No | 64(16.62) | 19(4.94) | 83(21.26) | Â | |
Credit access | Yes | 188(48.83) | 48(12.47) | 236(61.30) | 0.286 |
No | 122(31.69) | 27(7.01) | 149(38.70) | ||
Literacy status | Literate | 163(42.34) | 36(9.35) | 199(51.69) | Â |
Cannot read and write | 147(38.18) | 39(10.13) | 186(48.31) | 1.484 | |