Constraints of Adoption of Agricultural Extension Package Technologies on Sorghum Crop Production at Smallholder Farm Household Level: Evidence from West Hararghe Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia
Table 2
Age, family structure, crops grown, and inputs used by HHs during the 2017/18 production year.
Variable description
Mean
Std.
t-statistic
Gemechis
Mieso
Both
Age
42.59
40.62
41.81
9.57
1.43
Family size
6.89
7.41
7.09
2.32
−1.55
Adult equivalent
5.20
5.59
5.36
1.60
−1.60
Man equivalent
2.87
2.59
2.77
1.07
1.88
Education level (years of schooling)
1.80
2.43
2.05
2.86
−1.54
Cultivated land (ha)
0.47
1.16
0.74
0.49
−13.38
Homestead area (ha)
0.029
0.136
0.072
0.096
−9.24
Grazing land (ha)
0.044
0.054
0.048
0.187
−0.36
Forest land (ha)
0.052
0.006
0.034
0.127
2.55
Total farmland (ha)
0.58
1.46
0.93
0.72
−10.60
Home to plot average distance (min)
12.81
26.97
18.44
15.98
−6.81
Number of plots
1.42
1.58
1.48
0.59
−1.95
Farming experience (years)
25.25
20.27
23.27
10.48
3.38
Livestock holding (TLU)
2.87
4.39
3.47
2.44
−4.53
Total cultivated land (ha)
0.519
1.397
0.865
0.76
−10.78
Maize (ha)
0.125
0.395
0.232
0.27
−7.79
Sorghum (ha)
0.25
0.917
0.515
0.45
−14.93
Other crops (ha)
0.016
0.003
0.012
0.043
2.15
Vegetables (ha)
0.033
0
0.020
0.06
3.98
Khat
0.066
0.006
0.0422
0.097
4.48
NPS (kgs)
27.24
8.75
19.88
27.63
4.90
Urea (kgs)
10.51
4.53
8.13
17.39
2.41
Farmyard manure (Qn)
10.89
4.57
8.38
12.87
3.5
,, and represent significance at 1%, 5%, and 10% probability level, respectively. Source: survey result (2019). ha = hectare, TLU = tropical livestock unit, kgs = kilograms, min = minute, and Qn = quintal.
