Analysis of technical efficiency of small holder wheat-growing farmers of Jamma district, Ethiopia

Table 2 Maximum likelihood estimates of technical inefficiency determinants

Variables	Coefficients	SE	Z-value
Constant	0.4428***	0.135	3.28
Sex	0.039	0.029	1.34
Age	− 0.014**	0.007	− 2.00
Household size	− 0.047	0.083	− 0.57
Education	− 0.238***	0.075	− 3.17
Farm size	0.076***	0.026	2.92
Improved seed	− 0.109***	0.019	− 5.74
Off/non-farm income	0.001	0.006	0.167
Training	− 0.327*	0.193	− 1.69
Credit	− 0.165**	0.075	− 2.20
Extension contact	− 0.001	0.015	− 0.067
Land fragmentation	0.075	0.165	0.45
Distance to wheat field	0.031	0.023	1.34
TLU	0.0089	0.010	0.89
Log likelihood	− 47.31
Total sample size	149

*; **; ***Represents significant at 10%, 5% and 1% probability level, respectively

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