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Table 5 Maximum likelihood estimates of technical inefficiency determinants
Variables | Parameters | Coefficient | Std. err | T-ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Constant | \(\delta_{0}\) | 11.935*** | 2.497 | 4.779 |
Age | \(\delta_{1}\) | 0.010** | 0.004 | 2.299 |
Education status | \(\delta_{2}\) | − 0.134 | 0.108 | − 1.242 |
Tropical livestock unit | \(\delta_{3}\) | 0.002 | 0.016 | 0.137 |
Land size allotted to cumin | \(\delta_{4}\) | 0.073 | 0.276 | 0.265 |
Market price | \(\delta_{5}\) | − 1.440*** | 0.312 | − 4.611 |
Land fragmentation | \(\delta_{6}\) | − 0.024 | 0.133 | − 0.180 |
Soil fertility | \(\delta_{7}\) | − 0.121 | 0.175 | − 0.689 |
Extension service | \(\delta_{8}\) | − 0.274* | 0.145 | − 1.887 |
Distance to farm plot | \(\delta_{9}\) | 0.074*** | 0.026 | 2.846 |
Log likelihood function |  | − 91.247 |  |  |