Research Article
Determinants Influencing the Adoption of Rice Intensification System among Smallholders in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya
Table 3
Descriptive analysis for the adopters and nonadopters of SRI.
| Variable | Adopters | Nonadopters | Pooled mean | t/chi value | n = 259 | n = 105 | n = 364 |
| Age (mean age) | 42 | 41 | 41 | 52.40 | Gender | Male (%) | 22.39 | 31.43 | 38.1 | 3.25 | Female (%) | 77.61 | 68.57 | 73.09 | |
| Education level (%) | Primary | 56.33 | 43.67 | 43.41 | 159.60 | Secondary | 79.17 | 20.83 | 46.15 | | Postsecondary | 97.37 | 2.63 | 10.44 | |
| Household size | 4.12 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 48.08 | Farm size (Ha) | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 15.85 | Monthly income (KES) | 40374.5200 | 33761.9000 | 37,068.21 | 47.70 | Years in paddy farming | 6.2 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 27.08 | Access to extension services | | | | 33.21 | 92.66 | 69.52 | 81.09 | | 7.34 | 30.48 | 18.91 | |
| Casual work | 88.42 | 91.43 | | | Livestock keeping | 3.86 | 7.57 | 89.93 | 11.36 | Others | 7.72 | 1.0 | 5.72 | | Credit access | 33.98 | 91.43 | 62.705 | 98.65 | 66.02 | 8.57 | 37.29 | |
| Distance to canal | 5.4788 | 4.1714 | 4.83 | 3.59 |
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Source: authors’ calculations, 2020. Note: denotes significance at 1%. |