Table 1 Socio-economic characteristics of the adopter and non-adopters
Farmer characteristics | Adopters | Non-adopters | Overall | χ2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Sex of the main farmer (binary) | |||||||
Female | 130 | 53.5 | 148 | 61.1 | 278 | 57.3 | 2.85* |
Male | 113 | 46.5 | 95 | 38.9 | 208 | 42.7 | |
Education level of the main farmer (Categorical) | |||||||
No formal education | 7 | 2.9 | 11 | 4.5 | 18 | 3.7 | 25.25*** |
Primary school level | 104 | 42.8 | 150 | 62.1 | 254 | 52.5 | |
Secondary school level | 98 | 40.3 | 69 | 28.4 | 167 | 34.4 | |
Certificate and diploma level | 30 | 12.3 | 10 | 4.1 | 40 | 8.2 | |
University degree level | 4 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.8 | 6 | 1.2 | |
Main occupation of the main farmer (Categorical) | |||||||
Farming (crop + livestock) | 209 | 86.0 | 205 | 84.4 | 414 | 85.2 | 24.66*** |
Salaried employment | 4 | 1.6 | 5 | 2.0 | 9 | 1.8 | |
Self-employed off-farm | 22 | 9.1 | 23 | 9.4 | 45 | 9.2 | |
Casual laborer on other farms | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Casual laborer non-farm activities | 4 | 1.6 | 4 | 1.6 | 8 | 1.6 | |
Others | 4 | 1.6 | 6 | 2.5 | 10 | 2.1 | |
Membership to farmers’ group (binary, 1 = Yes, 0 otherwise) | |||||||
Yes | 205 | 84.4 | 158 | 64.8 | 363 | 74.5 | 0.55 |
No | 38 | 15.6 | 85 | 35.2 | 123 | 25.5 | |