Table 2 Description of socioeconomic, demographic and institutional characteristics (categorical variables) with seed production
Variables | Overall | Seed production | Chi-square value | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foundation seed | Certified seed | ||||
Gender of HHH | |||||
 Male | 135 (74.2) | 16 (88.9) | 119 (72.6) | 2.257 | 0.133 |
 Female | 47 (25.8) | 2 (11.1) | 45 (27.4) | ||
Family type | |||||
 Joint | 92 (50.5) | 7 (38.9) | 85 (51.8) | 1.087 | 0.297 |
 Nuclear | 90 (49.5) | 11 (61.1) | 79 (48.2) | ||
Migration | |||||
 Yes | 77 (42.3) | 7 (38.9) | 70 (42.7) | 0.096 | 0.757 |
 No | 105 (57.7) | 11 (61.1) | 94 (57.3) | ||
Membership in social groups | |||||
 Farmer group | 72 (39.6) | 7 (38.9) | 65 (39.6) | 0.071 | 0.965 |
 Cooperative | 46 (25.3) | 5 (27.8) | 41 (25.0) | ||
 Both | 64 (35.2) | 6 (33.3) | 58 (35.0) | ||
Training received | |||||
 Yes | 127 (69.8) | 16 (88.9) | 111 (67.7) | 3.459* | 0.063 |
 No | 55 (30.2) | 2 (11.1) | 53 (32.3) | ||
Access to extension service | |||||
 Yes | 165 (90.7) | 18 (100.0) | 147 (89.6) | 2.058 | 0.151 |
 No | 17 (9.3) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (10.4) | ||
Access to credit | |||||
 Easy | 149 (81.9) | 14 (77.8) | 135 (82.3) | 0.225 | 0.635 |
 Satisfactory | 33 (18.1) | 4 (22.2) | 29 (17.7) | ||
Source of seed | |||||
 DADO | 62 (34.1) | 0 (0.0) | 62 (37.8) | 14.987*** | 0.001 |
 NMRP | 93 (51.1) | 11 (61.1) | 82 (50.0) | ||
 LAC | 27 (14.8) | 7 (38.9) | 20 (12.2) | ||
Variety | |||||
 Manakamana-3 | 146 (80.2) | 11 (61.1) | 135 (82.3) | 5.495* | 0.064 |
 Manakamana-6 | 34 (18.7) | 7 (38.9) | 27 (16.5) | ||
 Both | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.2) | ||
Farm category | |||||
 Large scale | 71 (39.0) | 8 (44.4) | 63 (38.4) | 0.248 | 0.619 |
 Small scale | 111 (61.0) | 10 (55.6) | 101 (61.6) | ||