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Table 7 Results of average treatment effect on the treated

From: Food security effects of smallholders’ participation in apple and mango value chains in north-western Ethiopia

Outcome variableOutcome variable

Matching algorithm

Mean outcome variable based on matched observation

Weekly calorie intake

Participants

Non-participants

Difference (ATT)

Apple producer

NNM with replacement

2889.04

2103.86

(785.18) ***

KBM (bwidth 0.01)

2868.32

2679.78

(188.54) ***

Mango producer

NNM with replacement

3096.31

2778.64

(317.67) ***

KBM (bwidth 0.01)

3042.33

2870.41

(171.92) ***

  1. ***p < 0.001; NNM, nearest neighbor matching; KMB, kernel-based matching
  2. Source: own survey data (2019/2020)
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Agriculture & Food Security

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