From: Post-harvest losses of crops and its determinants in Ethiopia: tobit model analysis
Variables | Total (n = 3830) | Post-harvest loss (n = 2483) | No loss (n = 1347) | \(\chi^{2}\) or t-test |
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% (frequency) or mean (St. dev.) | % (frequency) or mean (St. dev.) | % (frequency) or mean (St. dev.) | ||
Demographic characteristics | ||||
Sex of the household head (% male of total) | 50.52 (1,935) | 51.62 (999) | 48.37 (936) | 7.55 |
Household size—adult equivalent scale | 3.84 (1.94) | 3.73 (1.920) | 4.04 (1.993) | − 4.716*** |
Socio-economic characteristics | ||||
Education level—years | 4.70 (2.35) | 4.56 (2.33) | 4.97 (2.37) | − 5.226*** |
Total wealth index | 0.29 (0.39) | 1.37 (1.67) | 0.57 (5.09) | − 1.297*** |
Farm-specific attributes | ||||
Total landholding size in hectare | 1.54 (0.64) | 1.39 (1.92) | 1.82 (5.34) | − 2.191*** |
Insect pests infestation and/or rodent—dummy | 87.78 (3,362) | 7.17 (241) | 92.83 (3,121) | − 3.14*** |
Availability of storage—dummy | 34 (1,302) | 51.07 (665) | 48.92 (637) | 5.85 |
Institutional and marketing characteristics | ||||
Extension support services—dummy | 55.69 (2,133) | 34.89 (744) | 65.11 (1,389) | − 3.11 *** |
Cooperative membership—dummy | 39.11 (1,498) | 40.65 (609) | 59.34 (889) | − 3.03*** |
Use of credit—dummy | 14 (535) | 49.53 (265) | 39.53 (262) | 6.32 |
Distance to all weathered road, km | 14.34 (21.55) | 15.85 (27.96) | 13.52 (17.04) | 3.201*** |
Distance to nearest main market, km | 59.74 (47.30) | 66.20 (52.48) | 56.24 (43.85) | 6.253*** |