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

Table 5

Factors affecting technical efficiency using the Tobit model.

Variables	Coefficient	Standard error	t value	value
Gender of the household head (male = 1, otherwise 0)	−0.83	2.26	−0.37	0.713
Age of the household head (year)	0.20^∗∗	0.08	2.42	0.017
Schooling year of the household head	0.70^∗∗∗	0.24	2.94	0.004
Occupation of the household head (agriculture = 1, otherwise 0)	1.09	3.48	0.31	0.754
Family type (joint = 1, otherwise 0)	0.45	2.21	0.21	0.838
Number of educated members in household	0.50	0.42	1.17	0.244
Experience in maize seed production	0.49	0.25	1.97	0.050
Migration of the household member (yes = 1, otherwise 0)	−2.54	1.94	−1.31	0.193
Type of seed produced (foundation seed = 1, otherwise 0)	2.52	3.15	0.80	0.425
Seed source (NMRP = 1, otherwise 0)	4.76	2.18	2.19	0.030
Access to extension service (yes = 1, otherwise 0)	6.62	3.10	2.14	0.034
Access to credit (easy = 1, otherwise 0)	2.67	2.42	1.11	0.270
Membership in social groups (cooperative = 1, otherwise 0)	−3.09	2.16	−1.43	0.155
Livestock holding (yes = 1, otherwise 0)	9.01	3.70	2.43	0.016
Share of a maize seed cultivation area in total cultivated area (%)	0.26	0.11	2.39	0.018
Constant	27.93	9.32	3.00	0.003
Number of observations	182
LR chi^2(15)	40.61
Prob > chi^2	≤0.001
Pseudo R^2	0.028
Log likelihood	−704.998
Correctly predicted	70.97

Note. and indicate significance at 1% and 5% levels, respectively.