Factors That Influence Technical Efficiency of Sorghum Production: A Case of Small Holder Sorghum Producers in Lower Eastern Kenya

Table 1

Summary of descriptive statistics of selected farmer and farm characteristics in the lower eastern Kenya.

Dist.	Variables	Unit of measurement		Mean	Std. dev.	Min	Max
Machakos	Age of HH head	Years	72	55.28	12.693	28	100
	Household size	Number of people	72	5.57	2.028	2	10
	HH dependants	Number of people	72	3.75	2.199	0	9
	HH wealth	Kenya shillings	72	601,455.60	472,714.930	104,000	2,147,000
	Land sizes for sorghum production	Hectares	72	0.17	0.167	0.025	0.81
	HH off-farm income	Kenya shillings	72	26,683.61	34,107.0017	0.00	134,000
	Sorghum labour use	Person days^a	72	21.55	17.6042	2	79
	Sorghum output	Kilograms	72	117.32	170.53	4	720
	Seed rate	Kg/ha	72	12.58	7.59	0.08	39.60
Makindu	Age of HH head	Years	71	54.61	12.777	32	94
	Household size	Number of persons	71	6.66	2.651	2	17
	HH dependants	Number of persons	71	5.38	2.925	0	16
	HH wealth	Kenya shillings	71	704349.3	437032.428	125000	1725000
	Land sizes for sorghum production	Hectares	71	0.53	0.167	0.101010	4.04
	HH off-farm income	Kenya shillings	71	26693.52	29707.375	0.00	110,000
	Sorghum labour use	Person days^a	71	37.74	31.473	4	180
	Sorghum output	Kilograms	71	322.30	302.354	18	1350
	Seed rate	Kg/ha	71	7.95	4.63	1.24	20
Overall	Age of HH head	Years	143	54.94	12.693	28	100
	Household size	Number of persons	143	6.11	2.028	2	17
	HH dependants	Number of persons	143	4.56	2.199	0	16
	HH wealth	Kenya shillings	143	652542.7	456,671.229	104,000	2,147,000
	Land sizes for sorghum production	Hectares	143	0.35	0.443	0.025	4.04
	HH off-farm income	Kenya shillings	143	26,688.53	34,885.622	0.00	134,000
	Sorghum labour use	Person days^a	143	29.59	26.632	2	180
	Sorghum output	kilograms	143	219.09	264.92	4	1350
	Seed rate	Kg/ha	143	10.28	6.69	0.08	39.60

Notes: ^a1 person day = 8 hrs work per day for an adult person; HH: household and Dist.: district.