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Table 4 Maximum likelihood estimates of factors affecting technical inefficiency
Variables | Coefficient | SE |
|---|---|---|
Constant | 1.280*** | 0.388 |
Age | − 0.025*** | 0.008 |
Education status | − 0.600*** | 0.192 |
Family size (AE) | − 0.025 | 0.039 |
Land size | 0.298*** | 0.100 |
Tropical livestock unit | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Land fragment | − 0.993*** | 0.373 |
Soil fertility | − 0.194 | 0.128 |
Slope | − 0.023 | 0.148 |
Distance to development center | − 0.12 | 0.019 |
Extension service | 0.525** | 0.238 |
Credit access | 0.393** | 0.171 |
Market information | 0.347** | 0.138 |
Membership to cooperatives | 0.015 | 0.116 |
Off/non-farm income activity | − 0.175 | 0.128 |
Log likelihood function | − 289.253 |