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Table 4 Household ownership of various farm assets, by farmer category

From: Productivity and food security effects of using of certified seed potato: the case of Kenya’s potato farmers

Variables

Usersa (n = 167)

Non-usersb (n = 241)

Mean diffa−b

(t value)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Assets

1851

(2645)

738

(1276)

1113***

(5.05)

livestock_asset

1783

(1763)

1239

(1249)

544***

(3.47)

Land

2.00

(1.79)

1.00

(0.75)

1.00***

(4.27)

cult_land

0.87

(1.34)

0.41

(0.36)

0.46***

(4.24)

uncult_land

0.37

(0.54)

0.21

(0.30)

0.16***

(3.45)

  1. The numbers in parentheses are standard deviations (SD)
  2. *, **, and *** significant at 10, 5, and 1%, respectively