Table 2 Summary of covariate characteristics of farming households used in the study
|  | Burundi (n = 646) | Zimbabwe (n = 464) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (sd) [Control group] | Mean (sd) [Treated group] | p-value of equality between groups | Mean (sd) [Control group] | Mean (sd) [Treated group] | p-value of equality between groups | |
Gender of head (1 = Male) | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.876 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.671 |
Education of head (Years) | 3.25Â (3.01) | 4.24Â (3.41) | 0.002 | 8.14Â (2.04) | 8.52Â (2.13) | 0.125 |
Age of head (Years) | 47.10 (13.17) | 43.26 (12.15) | 0.001 | 53.89 (12.31) | 52.65 (14.39) | 0.162 |
Household size (Number) | 6.04 (2.34) | 6.51 (2.39) | 0.037 | 5.78 (2.37) | 5.95 (2.24) | 0.294 |
Distance to village market (KM) | 17.28 (74.68) | 15.23 (71.04) | 0.802 | – | – | – |
Grow climbing beans (1 = yes) | 0.87 | 0.78 | 0.014 | – | – | – |
Bean area (Ha) | 0.42 (0.50) | 0.70 (1.72) | 0.054 | 0.95 (1.72) | 1.11 (2.06) | 0.205 |
Have cooperative (1 = yes) | 0.26 | 0.48 | 0.000 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.530 |
Obtained credit (1 = yes) | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.671 | – | – | – |
Have public notice board (1 = yes) | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.014 | – | – | – |
Village has electricity (1 = yes) | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.006 | 0.61 | 0.51 | 0.021 |
Village has market for Ag. Produce (1 = Yes) | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.091 | – | – | – |
Log precipitation | 7.05 (0.06) | 7.01 (0.10) | 0.000 | – | – | – |
Village receives extension agents (1 = yes) | 0.75 | 0.81 | 0.141 | – | – | – |
Average number of irrigated plots | – | – | – | 0.39 (0.52) | 0.78 (1.04) | 0.000 |
Distance to tarmac road (KM) | – | – | – | 15.69 (6.57) | 17.24 (7.22) | 0.586 |