Determinants of Organic Fertilizer Adoption in Moretna Jeru District, Northern Ethiopia
Table 1
Comparison between key socio-economic characteristics by adoption category.
Variable name
Adopter (n = 73)
Nonadopter (n = 119)
t-Test value
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Overall mean
(1) Age
57.5
10.4
57.2
9.5
57.4
−0.35ns
(2) Extension contact
4.45
1.7
2.6
1.14
3.3
−8.88
(3) Household size
7.45
1.86
4.9
1.49
5.89
−10.3
(4) Farm size
6.22
1.54
3.4
0.83
4.48
−16.42
(5) Household income (ETB indicates Ethiopian currency birr)
29654
6916
26156
6476
27486
−3.5
(6) Tropical livestock unit (TLU)
5.8
1.13
2.6
0.7
3.8
−24.15
Note. indicates significance at a 1% probability level; ns indicates nonsignificance; and SD denotes standard deviation. Source: own survey data (2020/21).
