From: Genebanks and market participation: evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi
Variable | Pooled sample | Improved variety | Mean difference | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adopters | Non-adopters | |||
Dependent variables | ||||
 Market participation (yes = 1) | 0.22 (0.42) | 0.43 (0.03) | 0.05 (0.01) | 0.39*** |
 Quantity of groundnuts sold (kg) | 51.69 (181.24) | 100.77 (16.43) | 12.65 (7.26) | 88.11*** |
Key explanatory variable | ||||
 Relative provenance (%) | 38.26 (46.04) | 86.38 (1.77) | 0.00 (0.00) | 86.38*** |
 Area under adoption (hectares) | 0.38 (0.74) | 0.70 (0.06) | 0.13 (0.02) | 0.58*** |
Covariates | ||||
 Age of the household head (years) | 46.33 (16.04) | 45.84 (1.04) | 46.72 (1.08) | − 0.87 |
 Educational level of the household head (years) | 4.25 (3.96) | 4.39 (0.26) | 4.14 (0.26) | 0.25*** |
 Household head is male (%) | 0.79 (0.40) | 0.82 (0.02) | 0.77 (0.02) | 0.05* |
 Household size (number) | 5.40 (2.14) | 5.52 (0.14) | 5.30 (0.14) | 0.21 |
 Experience in groundnut cultivation (years) | 7.75 (11.49) | 7.65 (0.81) | 7.81 (0.73) | − 0.16 |
 Distance to market (km) | 11.54 (8.12) | 11.85 (0.56) | 11.29 (0.53) | 0.55 |
 Farm size (hectares) | 1.04 (1.18) | 1.06 (0.08) | 1.02 (0.07) | 0.04 |
 Observations | 447 | 198 | 249 | 447 |