Table 1 Farm characteristics that were registered during the MonQIt surveys in the 6 regions
From: An analysis of net farm income to guide agricultural policies in the Ethiopian highlands
Measured variable | Variable description | Measurement Units |
|---|---|---|
Economic performance | ||
 NFI_tot | Total net farm income of the farm | ETB/yr |
 NFI_lu | Net farm income per labor unit | ETB/yr |
Site description | ||
 S_loc | Location and zone of the collected household data (i.e., Addis Ababa/Jimma/Bahir Dar/Mekelle/Haramaya/Hawassa) | – |
 S_prec | Precipitation (rainfall amounts in specific locations) | mm/yr |
 S_dist | Distance to market | Km |
Farm architecture | ||
 A_tot | Total area of farm | m2 |
 A_own | Total area owned by the farmer | m2 |
 A_mngd | Total area managed by the farm owner | m2 |
 A_rentI | Total area rented in from other farms | m2 |
 A_rentO | Total area of the farm rented out | m2 |
 C_div | Number of crops on the farm | # crops |
 L_tlu | Tropical livestock units (a standard measurement unit that allows the aggregation of the various categories of livestock to enable them to be compared) | # TLU |
Household characteristics | ||
 H_gend | Household head gender |  |
 H_age | Household head age | Years |
 H_edu | Household head level of education (Number of years in school) | Years |
 H_size | Household size (number of persons in the household) | # |
 H_cons | Consumer units (number of people fed on the farm) | # |
 H_lab | Labor units (number of labour days provided by an adult) | # |
Economic characteristics | ||
 E_Lval | Livestock value in the farm | ETB/yr |
 E_ncf | Net cash flow of the farm | ETB/yr |
 E_ofi | Off-farm income (external income) | ETB/yr |
 E_ri | Land rent income (income from rented land on farm) | ETB/yr |
Environmental characteristics | ||
 N_fert | Nitrogen Fertilizers input in crops | Kg/yr |
 N_bal | Nitrogen balance in the soil based on nitrogen inputs and outputs calculated from the sol harvests | Kg/yr |