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

Table 4

Marginal effect results showing the change expected from a unit change in each variable in the lower eastern Kenya.

Variables	Overall			Makindu district			Machakos district
	Δ in TE	%Δ in TE	Δ in Kg/ha	Δ in TE	%Δ in TE	Δ in Kg/ha	Δ in TE	%Δ in TE	Δ in Kg/ha
Male-headed HHs	0.01512	1.51	9.47	0.0126535	1.27	7.69	−0.1275	12.75	87.98
Age of the HHH	0.00312	0.31	1.95	−0.004085	−0.41	−2.48	0.0043	0.43	2.94
Education of the HHH	0.33971	33.97	212.65	0.316089	31.61	192.21	0.3861	38.61	266.46
HH size	−0.01088	−1.08	−8.99	−0.0158526	−1.58	−9.64	−0.0143	−1.43	−9.87
Number of dependents	0.01866	1.86	11.68	0.0334479	3.34	20.34	0.0010	0.10	0.69
Assets
Experience in sorghum farming	0.13462	13.46	84.27	0.0455824	4.56	27.72	0.1420	14.20	97.99
Membership in farmer association	0.14459	14.45	90.51	0.1932501	19.33	117.52	0.3164	31.64	218.38
Seed rate used	0.00003	0.003	0.02	0.0002828	0.03	0.17	0.0009	0.09	0.65
Use of improved seed variety	0.06167	6.17	38.61	0.0087944	0.87	5.35	0.0237	2.37	16.38
Size of land planted with sorghum	0.13176	13.18	82.48	0.5603131	56.03	340.73	0.4210	42.10	290.57
Land preparation method	−0.06263	−6.26	−39.20	−0.042962	−4.29	−26.13	−0.0455	−4.55	−31.43
Hired labour	0.10958	10.96	68.59	0.196799	19.68	119.68	0.2789	27.89	192.49
Manure use	0.18316	18.32	114.65	0.166	16.60	100.95	0.2706	27.06	186.75
Production advice	0.26101	26.10	163.38	0.2474189	24.74	150.46	0.2208	22.08	152.39
HH off-farm income
Credit use	0.10218	10.22	63.96	0.1060954	10.61	64.52	0.1157	11.57	79.82
Income from other farm activities	−0.00571	−0.57	−3.58	0.1156674	11.57	70.34	−0.0622	−6.22	−42.92
Region	0.10147	10.15	63.52	—	—		—	—
Current mean productivity (Kg/Ha)	625.97			608.11			690.12

Notes: significant at 5%, HHs: households, and HHH: household head.