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Table 2 Association between determinants (continuous variables) of sesame production decision

From: Impacts of adaptation to climate change on farmers’ food security and level of sesame production in Western Ethiopia

 

Producers

Non-producers

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t-value

Age

41.54

12.09

41.31

10.38

0.19 ns

Education

4.56

3.58

4.01

3.57

3.39***

Active family labor (AE)

9.21

3.68

4.89

4.24

10.31***

Numbers of Oxen

2.10

1.53

1.81

1.58

1.76*

Land total

4.41

2.96

3.21

2.52

3.86***

Year sesame

10.93

7.39

11.44

8.50

− 0.59 ns

Income livestock

7.24

8.03

6.85

8.12

2.45**

Distance extension

2.29

4.25

2.23

2.93

0.13 ns

Distance market

2.51

2.09

2.32

2.05

0.61 ns

  1. ***, **, * and ns represents significant at 1%, 5%, 10% and not significant, respectively
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