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Table 5 Mechanization treatment effects on rice productivity (quintals per acre)

From: Farmers’ risk attitude, agricultural technology adoption and impacts in Eastern India

Treatments

To adopt

Not to adopt

Treatment effects

Change

Farmers who mechanized

13.988 (1.968)

10.903 (4.523)

ATT = 3.084*** (3.956)

22%

Farmers who did not mechanize

11.785 (1.646)

8.584 (2.985)

ATU = 3.200*** (2.305)

37%

  1. *** Significant at 1% level (t-test); standard errors in parentheses