Determinants of Adoption of Improved Dairy Technologies: The Case of Offa Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 4

Economic variables.

Land size	Adopters	Nonadopters	Total	t-value	P value
Mean	0.42	0.47	0.44	13.42	0.098
Std.	0.37	0.41	0.39
Minimum	0.124	0.125	0.124
Maximum	1.75	2.5	2.5
Total farm income	Adopters	Nonadopters	Total	t-value	P value
Mean	9642	6025	7544	18	0.003
Standard deviation	5209	4480	5107
Maximum	20000	17000	20000.00
Minimum	1700	0	0
Livestock ownership (TLU)	Adopters	Nonadopters	Total	t-value	P value
Mean	2.9	3.5	3.3	30.3	P = 0.036
Standard deviation	1	1.4	1.3
Maximum	4.8	5.8	5.8
Minimum	28	.88	.28

, , denote significance at a probability level less than 1%, 5%, and 10% (source: own survey result, 2019).