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Table 4 Average treatment effect of improved rice technologies adoption on net revenue per acre: PSM estimation

From: The impact of uptake of selected agricultural technologies on rice farmers’ income distribution in Ghana

Matching Algorithm

Mean outcomes

Improved seed users (n = 164)

Non- Users (n = 401)

ATT

t-value

Change (%)

Radius

1017.80

630.95

386.85

8.11***

61.31

Matching Algorithm

Fertilizers users (n = 103)

Non-users (n = 401)

ATT

t-value

Change (%)

Radius

1175.61

630.95

544.66

7.31***

86.32

Matching Algorithm

Users of the two technologie (n = 249)

Non-users (n = 401)

ATT

t-value

Change (%)

Radius

1599.74

630.95

968.79

23.67***

153.54

  1. Source: Survey data, 2016
  2. ATT, average treatment effect on the treated