Table 5 Descriptive statistics of major parameters explaining adoption in the study area of Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan
Name of variable and unit | Variable description | Type of variable | Min | Central tendency1 | Max | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farm and Farmers’ characteristics | ||||||
Education (1 low, 5 high) | Level of formal education | Categorical | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Male | Gender of the farmer | Nominal | 0 | 0.88 | 1 | 0.32 |
Age | Age of farmer | Continuous | 20 | 49 | 78 | 12 |
HH seize | Number of people in one HH | Continuous | 3 | 9.4 | 22 | 3.9 |
Phone | Access to a phone by females | Nominal | 0 | 0.44 | 1 | 0.5 |
Income (US$) | Total income of HH per year | Continuous | 158 | 4 014 | 19 136 | 3 261 |
Loan | A loan taken in the last 12 months | Nominal | 0 | 0.29 | 1 | 0.45 |
Land (ha) | Land for apricot production | Continuous | 0 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 0.6 |
Experience | Number of years cultivating apricots | Continuous | 2 | 20.2 | 53 | 11.8 |
Varieties | Number of cultivated apricot varieties | Continuous | 2 | 6.01 | 40 | 5.95 |
Trees | Number of apricot trees | Continuous | 6 | 60 | 550 | 80 |
Membership | Member of famer association | Nominal | 0 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.49 |
Assets | HH owns mechanized farm equipment (female answer) | Nominal | 0 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.31 |
Attitude | Preference for apricot cultivation | Nominal | 0 | 0.95 | 1 | 0.22 |
Production characteristics | ||||||
Fresh sold (kg) | Weight of fresh apricots sold | Continuous | 0 | 267 | 2000 | 535 |
Fresh price (US$) | Price of fresh apricots | Continuous | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.06 |
Dry yield (kg) | The total yield of dry apricots | Continuous | 0 | 215 | 1080 | 193 |
Dry sold (kg) | Weight of dry apricots sold | Continuous | 0 | 153 | 1000 | 171 |
Dry price (US$) | Price of dry apricots | Continuous | 0.08 | 0.81 | 2.6 | 0.51 |
Working hours (h) | Working hours for apricots average per day during the season | Continuous | 0 | 5.1 | 16 | 3.4 |
Income apricot (US$) | Total income of HH from apricot production per season | Continuous | 0 | 158 | 1 458 | 215 |
Relative income (US$) | Income derived per tree | Continuous | 0 | 3.8 | 25.7 | 5.2 |
Knowledge | ||||||
Training | Received training for apricot production and processing | Nominal | 0 | 0.45 | 1 | 0.50 |
Gratis training desired | Gratis training desired | Nominal | 0 | 0.90 | 1 | 0.30 |
Training desired | Training for money desired | Nominal | 0 | 0.86 | 1 | 0.35 |
Apricot management | ||||||
Cutting | Weeding through cutting grass | Nominal | 0 | 0.72 | 1 | 0.45 |
Grazing | Weeding through animals | Nominal | 0 | 0.86 | 2 | 0.38 |
Irrigation (h) | Time used for irrigation | Continuous | 0.2 | 3.5 | 24 | 4.1 |