Factors Associated with the Technical Efficiency of Maize Seed Production in the Mid-Hills of Nepal: Empirical Analysis

Table 1

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the sampled households (continuous variables).

Variables	Mean (±standard deviation)
Age of the household head (year)	56.77 (±14.30)
Schooling year of the household head (year)	5.51 (±4.69)
Experience in maize seed production (year)	6.63 (±3.91)
Household size	5.41 (±2.72)
Male members of household	2.81 (±1.71)
Female members of household	2.60 (±1.46)
Economically active members	3.59 (±2.21)
Dependency ratio	0.62 (±0.62)
Number of educated members in household	4.80 (±2.49)
Total landholding (ha)	0.91 (±0.79)
Lowland (ha)	0.17 (±0.27)
Upland (ha)	0.43 (±0.30)
Khoriya (ha)	0.31 (±0.49)
Land area under cultivation (ha)	0.49 (±0.36)
Land area under maize seed cultivation (ha)	0.32 (±0.17)
Livestock holding (LSU)	3.05 (±5.63)