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Table 6 Estimates of the total factor productivity index and technical efficiency of users and non-users of agricultural smartphone apps in Oyo State

From: Effects of exposure on adoption of agricultural smartphone apps among smallholder farmers in Southwest, Nigeria: implications on farm-level-efficiency

Model

Treated

Non-treated

Control

Mean

Std. Dev

Max

Min

Mean

Std. Dev

Max

Min

Mean

Std. Dev

Max

Min

TFPI

 Pooled

0.617

0.169

1.00

0.057

0.526

0.154

1.00

0.062

0.558

0.163

l.00

0.042

 True Fixed Effects (TFE)

0.689

0.174

1.00

0.061

0.539

0.161

1.00

0.068

0.562

0.152

l.00

0.046

 F-test

0.0923*** (0.0252)

           

Technical Efficiency (TE)

 Pooled

0.746

0.166

0.933

0.429

0.633

0.182

0.912

0.310

0.67 l

0.172

0.911

0.5l9

 True Fixed Effects (TFE)

0.782

0.167

0.937

0.467

0.647

0.177

0.924

0.332

0.683

0.184

0.927

0.526

 F-test

0.9092*** (0.3150)

           
  1. *** represent significance at 1%
  2. NB: TFPI and TE calculations are based on C-D SPF estimates