Research Article

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

Table 6

Statistical summary of sampled adopters and nonadopters on continuous variables.

VariablesAdopters (n = 63)Nonadopters (n = 87)t-value
Mean(Std. dev)Mean(Std. dev)

Age40.37.7243.911.6752.75
Farm land size0.420.370.470.4113.4
Farm income964252096025448018
Livestock ownership2.913.51.430.3
Distance to the nearest market3.843.14.743.515.74
Dairy experience27.21122731.9
Education4.732.64.7530.293

, , and denote significance at 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively (source: own survey, 2019).