Research Article
Technical Efficiency of Ginger Production in Ilam District of Nepal: A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach
Table 1
Statistics of ginger farmers in Ilam, Nepal.
| Variables | Unit/label | Mean | Standard deviation | Minimum | Maximum |
| Seed | kg/ha | 2686.73 | 1350.46 | 786.40 | 7864 | Farmyard manure | kg/ha | 22288.54 | 1968.17 | 175 | 10500 | Chemical fertilizers | kg/ha | 105.38 | 166.41 | 0 | 884.70 | Human labour | Man-days/ha | 496.02 | 121.05 | 255.58 | 884.70 | Bullock labour | Hours/ha | 286.13 | 113.96 | 50 | 470 | Ginger output | kg/ha | 8169.40 | 4375.82 | 2201.92 | 21000 | Gender | Male: 1 | 0.5 | 0.502 | 0 | 1 | Female: 0 | Age | Years | 44.48 | 12.31 | 26 | 75 | Education | Years of schooling | 7 | 4.25 | 0 | 16 | Family type | Joint: 1 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | Small: 0 | Annual income | NRs | 221500 | 163788 | 30000 | 900000 | Member of farmer’s group | Yes: 1 | 0.88 | 0.32 | 0 | 1 | No: 0 | Member of cooperatives | Yes: 1 | 0.82 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 | No: 0 | Training received | Yes: 1 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | No: 0 | Subsidy on seed | Yes: 1 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | No: 0 | Ginger farm size | Hectare | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.40 | Total land holding | Hectare | 1.01 | 0.84 | 0.05 | 3.81 |
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