APPENDIX C


Comparative Statistics of the Matched and Unmatched Samples


Treated group Characteristic Matched Unmatched p-value Matched


Human capital Household size


Gender of household head (1 = female)


Education of household head (years) Age of household head (years) Current use of credit (1 = yes)


Membership in groups (1 = yes) Cooperative group in 2005 Cooperative group in 2006 Fadama User Group in 2005 Fadama User Group in 2006


Access


Distance to town in 2005 (km) Distance to town in 2006 (km) Distance to market in 2005 (km) Distance to market in 2006 (km)


Use of technologies Crop varieties Soil fertility


Soil and water conservation Livestock breeds


Livestock management Postharvest Business plan


Financial records Marketing


Land endowment (ha) Land irrigated in 2005 Land irrigated in 2006 Land rainfed in 2005 Land rainfed in 2006


9.3 9.0 4.3 3.8


0.24 0.12 0.04 0.05 0.17 0.08 0.16 0.25 0.10


0.67 1.2 3.5 4.5


9.4


10.6 5.8 5.6


0.29 0.07 0.02 0.05 0.25 0.06 0.14 0.19 0.10


0.76 2.1 2.8 4.6


0.943 0.124 0.131


0.020** 0.083*


0.004*** 0.090* 0.815


0.002*** 0.106 0.309


0.032** 0.852


0.401


0.000*** 0.227 0.839


7.4 9.5 3.5 3.2


0.25 0.11 0.02 0.06 0.14 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.07


0.39 1.2 2.4 3.2


10.1 11.2 6.1 6.1


0.22 0.08 0.01 0.03 0.13 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.05


0.48 1.7 2.3 3.9


0.000*** 0.017** 0.000*** 0.000***


0.064*


0.006*** 0.336


0.000*** 0.446 0.233


0.024** 0.000*** 0.015**


0.198 0.137 0.570 0.065*


(continued) 10.7 0.37 9.7 42.8 0.17


0.36 0.35 0.76 0.98


12.5 0.39 8.8 45.2 0.15


0.23 0.24 0.85 0.97


0.001*** 0.463


0.008*** 0.000*** 0.211


0.000*** 0.000*** 0.000*** 0.854


9.0 0.23 9.4 42.4 0.11


0.27 0.31 0.56 0.59


Control group Unmatched p-value 10.3 0.28 8.9 43.1 0.08


0.19 0.18 0.63 0.62


0.000*** 0.002***


0.06* 0.143


0.022**


0.000*** 0.000*** 0.000*** 0.088*


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