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Table 7 ANOVA and Tukey HSD test results for selected variables (by district)

From: Is there any economics in smallholder cocoyam production? Evidence from the forest agro-ecological zone of Ghana

Variable

District

Mean per ha

SD

F-statistic

F (2, 147)

Tukey HSD post hoc

Mean difference (MD)

Yield per ha (corms + leaves)

AAS

6914

7291.71

3.53**

btwn (AAS & AN_D) = −192**

AN_D

7106

6502.23

btwn (AN_D & F_D) = −178**

F_D

7284

6164.09

btwn (F_D & AAS) = 370**

Produce price per kg

AAS

2.41

1.53

5.59**

btwn (AAS & AN_D) = −0.08

AN_D

2.49

1.12

btwn (AN_D & F_D) = −0.04**

F_D

2.53

1.76

btwn (F_D & AAS) = 0.12**

Total production cost

AAS

3120

1103.18

1.12

 

AN_D

3262

1606.28

 

F_D

3698

1916.95

 

Gross margin

AAS

4574

4795.29

6.26**

btwn (AAS & AN_D) = −311

AN_D

4885

3850.38

btwn (AN_D & F_D) = −1258**

F_D

6143

5650.47

btwn (F_D & AAS) = 1569**

Net income (corm only)

AAS

2973

2965.98

5.08**

btwn (AAS & AN_D) = −983**

AN_D

3956

3302.75

btwn (AN_D & F_D) = −1212**

F_D

5168

5626.17

btwn (F_D & AAS) = 2195**

Total net income (corm + leaves)

AAS

4207

3836.25

4.89**

btwn (AAS & AN_D) = −425

AN_D

4632

4597.31

btwn (AN_D & F_D) = −1112**

F_D

5744

5063.74

btwn (F_D & AAS) = 1537**

Return on assets

AAS

20.3

12.6

3.37**

btwn (AAS & AN_D) = −4.2**

AN_D

24.5

21.3

btwn (AN_D & F_D) = −3.1**

F_D

27.6

15.5

btwn (F_D & AAS) = 7.3**

Returns to land

AAS

1003.6

567.99

3.86**

btwn (AAS & AN_D) = −4.2**

AN_D

979

535.53

btwn (AN_D & F_D) = −3.1**

F_D

1070.9

602.25

btwn (F_D & AAS) = 7.3**

Return to unpaid labour and mgt

AAS

2906.1

2587.72

4.19**

btwn (AAS & AN_D) = −672.4**

AN_D

3578.5

2699.91

btwn (AN_D & F_D) = −1137.2

F_D

4715.7

3143.12

btwn (F_D & AAS) = 1809.6**

  1. ** Significant scores at 5% significance level