Research Article

Willingness to Pay for Hexanal Technology among Banana Farmers in Meru County, Kenya

Table 1

Socioeconomic characteristics of sampled households.

VariableMinMaxMean (SD)

Household characteristics
 Household size163.36 (1.36)
 Age of household head in years259060.6 (14.4)
 Years of farming experience07030.98 (15.67)
 Years of schooling of household head0189.04 (3.6)
 Annual income from banana production (Ksh)1400720000121536 (115159)
 Annual total household income (Ksh)237601979000333793 (279737)
 Marital status of household head (1 = married, 0 = otherwise)010.79 (0.41)
 Gender of household head (1 = male, 0 = female)010.84 (0.37)
 Main occupation of household head (1 = farming, 0 = otherwise)010.78 (0.41)
Farm characteristics
 Total land size (acres)1402.9 (4.02)
 Land tenure (1 = titled, 0 = otherwise)010.72 (0.45)
Infrastructure
 Distance to input shop (km)0200.92 (2.02)
 Distance to banana collection center (km)0112.5 (2.6)
External support services
 Access to credit (1 = yes, 0 = no)010.14 (0.35)
 Group membership (1 = yes, 0 = no)010.59 (0.49)
 Years of group membership0507.47 (10.84)
 Access to extension (1 = yes, 0 = no)010.23 (0.42)
 Perception on social acceptability of hexanal-1.592.495.04 (0.99)

Source: Survey data, 2018; SD: standard deviation; Ksh: Kenyan shillings; km: kilometer. Conversion Ksh 100 = US $1.