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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of selected variables

From: The cost of inadequate postharvest management of pulse grain: Farmer losses due to handling and storage practices in Uganda

Variable

Description/Unit

Mean

Std. Dev

Min

Max

Age of household head

Number of years

43.7

12.40

21

80

Farmer schooling

Number of years

7.6

3.40

0

18

Experience in bean production

Number of years

17.6

12.14

1

57

Household size

Number

7.1

3.39

1

33

Female household members

Number

3.6

1.94

0

16

Male household members

Number

3.5

2.19

0

17

Available/accessible land size

Hectares

4.5

3.75

0.5

25.0

Land allocation to dry bean

Hectares

0.3

0.30

0.02

4.86

Proportion of land allocation

Proportion

0.4

0.25

0.03

1.00

Access to agronomic information

Dummy

0.3

0.44

0

1

Access to bean PH information

Dummy

0.1

0.33

0

1

  1. Source: Field study, 2019