Table 3 Average vegetable and poultry input costs and production quantity (N = 250).
Variables | Non-integrators (1) (N = 110) | Integrators (2) (N = 140) | t-test (1–2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Seed cost (USD) | 2.838 | 3.891 | 3.129 | 4.189 | − 0.562 |
Nursery management cost (USD) | 3.154 | 5.017 | 3.936 | 9.073 | − 0.813 |
Compost cost (USD) | 7.967 | 22.489 | 6.416 | 19.532 | 0.583 |
Fertilizer cost (USD) | 3.555 | 6.960 | 3.927 | 7.586 | − 0.399 |
Pesticide cost (USD) | 4.812 | 5.204 | 4.631 | 5.635 | 0.260 |
Labor cost (USD) | 35.124 | 38.483 | 45.092 | 50.593 | − 1.713* |
Poultry manure cost (USD) | 2.427 | 3.348 | 0 | 0 | 1.453 |
Parent stock cost (USD) | 5.524 | 9.405 | |||
Total feeds cost (USD) | 19.641 | 25.835 | |||
Disease control cost (USD) | 4.151 | 3.941 | |||
Poultry labor cost (USD) | 3.091 | 3.640 | − 0.413 | ||
Vegetable production quantity (kg) | 827.738 | 1231.736 | 896.235 | 1354.147 | |
Yield (kg/ha) | 7903.232 | 7517.613 | 10,575.940 | 13,295.090 | − 1.885* |