Research, Policy and Practice
Table 2 Institutional factors
Variable | Frequency (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pooled | Market participants (n = 116) | Non-participants (n = 85) | p value for the test of statistical differences | |
Gender of respondents (1 = male, 0 = female) | 91.04 | 57.92 | 55.56 | 0.846 |
Access to extension services (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 32.84 | 83.33 | 16.67 | 0.000*** |
Access to weather information (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 54.73 | 76.36 | 23.64 | 0.000*** |
Access to market information (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 28.36 | 94.74 | 5.26 | 0.000*** |
Access to credit services (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 43.28 | 71.26 | 28.74 | 0.001*** |
Membership to development groups (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 39.3 | 74.68 | 25.32 | 0.000*** |
Land tenure systems | ||||
Private with title deed | 5.97 | 91.67 | 8.33 | 0.000*** |
Private with allotment letters | 8.46 | 17.65 | 82.35 | 0.000*** |
Communal | 85.57 | 59.3 | 40.7 | 0.000*** |