Research Article
Analysis of Economic Efficiency and Farm Size: A Case Study of Wheat Farmers in Nakuru District, Kenya
Table 4
Tobit model estimates for different efficiency measures.
| | Variable | Technical efficiency | Allocative efficiency | Economic efficiency | | Coefficient | -ratio | Coefficient | -ratio | Coefficient | -ratio |
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Farm size | 0.00 | (0.06) | | (1.90) | 0.01 | (1.37) | | Age of head | −0.00 | (0.10) | 0.00 | (0.84) | 0.00 | (0.16) | | Gender | 0.01 | (0.13) | −0.00 | (0.20) | −0.00 | (0.20) | | Marital status | −0.05 | (1.25) | 0.03 | (1.59) | 0.00 | (0.03) | | Education | | (2.36) | −0.01 | (1.51) | | (2.62) | | Main occupation | 0.00 | (0.10) | | (1.21) | 0.01 | (1.39) | | Belonging to group | −0.01 | (0.62) | 0.01 | (1.37) | 0.00 | (0.38) | | Distance to extension service | | (1.77) | −0.00 | (1.46) | | (2.26) | | Distance to certified seed seller | −0.00 | (0.95) | −0.00 | (0.06) | 0.00 | (0.95) | | Tenure | −0.00 | (0.20) | −0.00 | (0.31) | 0.00 | (0.05) | | Seed source | −0.01 | (0.81) | −0.00 | (0.25) | −0.00 | (0.16) | | Constant | | (11.45) | | (26.38) | | (36.90) | | Observations | 129 | | 129 | | 129 | |
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Absolute value of statistics in parentheses; significant at 10%; significant at 5%; significant at 1%.
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