Utilization of Organic Fertilizer in Ghana: Implications for Crop Performance and Commercialization

Table 3

Factors of production of maize farmers.

Variables	Nonorganic fertilizer adopters				Organic fertilizer adopters
	Mean	Min	Max	STD	Mean	Min	Max	STD
Farm size (ha)	1.24	0.24	5.6	0.76	1.12	0.4	6.4	0.92
Yield (t/ha)	1.30	0.30	14.29	1.58	2.18	0.25	6.70	1.47
Total cost of chemical fertilizer ($)	73.1	0.0	688.0	113.3	46.7	0.0	340.0	54.0
Total cost of organic fertilizer ($)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.2	0.0	100.0	17.9
Total cost of other inputs ($)	11.9	0.0	50.7	12.4	8.5	0.0	28.0	7.1
Total production cost ($)	85.1	0.0	688.0	116.8	70.3	21.1	360.0	56.0
Amount ($) farmers are willing to pay for OF	24.8	4.0	72.0	15.3	17.6	6.7	45.3	9.5
Total revenue ($) production	166.6	32.0	1813.3	234.0	222.0	54.4	725.8	154.3
Gross margins ($)	81.6	−528.0	1792.0	268.4	151.7	−118.1	642.4	156.5

Source: survey 2020.