Determinants of Sesame Market Supply in West Omo and Bench Sheko Zones, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Characteristics of sampled sesame producers.

Variable description	Mean	Std.	Minimum	Maximum
Family size	5.48	2.49	2	12
Sesame farming experience	7.07	3.76	3	22
Education level	2.48	2.10	0	9
Land under sesame	0.48	0.51	0.12	3
Extension contact (number)	2.78	2.57	14	1
Amount of credit (Ethiopian Birr)	2930.219	3341.735	12000	0
Distance to market (km)	5.89	4.16	2	22
Total livestock unit	5.72	4.19
	Frequency		Percentage
Access to training (trained HHs)	115		42.59
Sex of household head
Male	247		91.48
Female	23		8.52
Cooperative membership
Yes	119		44.07
No	151		55.93

Source: own computation result, 2018.