Table 2 Descriptive statistics of farmers’ characteristics and quantities of inputs and outputs
Variable | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Standard deviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 18 | 78 | 45.15 | 11.61 |
Education (years) | 0 | 18 | 5.96 | 4.976 |
Experience (years) | 1 | 50 | 14.07 | 10.83 |
Farm size (ha) | 0.2 | 70 | 2.862 | 12.71 |
Number of plots | 0.4 | 50 | 1.579 | 2.164 |
Extension visits | 0 | 26 | 2.727 | 4.833 |
Fertilizer (kg/ha) | 0 | 225 | 125 | 190 |
Herbicide (L/ha) | 0 | 12.5 | 5.164 | 7.445 |
Pesticide (L/ha) | 0 | 11 | 0.111 | 0.889 |
Seed (kg/ha) | 15 | 24 | 18 | 17 |
Labour (man-days/ha) | 9 | 1096 | 69.07 | 97.16 |
Manure (kg/ha) | 0 | 625 | 29.25 | 272.7 |
Capital (Gh¢) | 40 | 2500 | 558 | 766 |
Size of household | 2 | 34 | 7.611 | 4.719 |
Output (Mt/ha) | 0.01 | 2.03 | 1.8 | 1.2 |