The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)
Variable | Description/unit of measure | Mean | SD |
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Output/hectare | Quantity of cocoa beans per hectare in kilograms | 452.61 | 282.78 |
Welfare | Consumption expenditure per capita (GH¢) | 2040.91 | 1602.19 |
Inputs for DEA analysis | |||
Farm size | Farm size under cocoa in hectare | 2.92 | 1.75 |
Labor per hectare | Man-days per hectare (8 h/man-day) | 110.34 | 101.45 |
Fertilizer per hectare | Quantity of fertilizer in kilograms per hectare | 81.19 | 90.44 |
Pesticides per hectare | Quantity of pesticides in grams per hectare | 1026.07 | 1802.8 |
Variables for other models | |||
Gender | Proportion of male-headed households (male = 1) | 0.71 | |
Household size | Number of members in the household | 6.12 | 2.81 |
Education | Number of years in formal education | 6.41 | 5.13 |
Non-farm income | Proportion of farmer’s spouse that engage in off-farm income (non-farm income = 1) | 0.44 | |
Cocoa farm income | Income from cocoa farm in GH¢ | 8335.01 | 6568.44 |
Other crops income | Income from other crops in GH¢ | 801.66 | 1311.79 |
Cocoa demonstration farm | Proportion farmers that had attended cocoa demonstration farms (attendance = 1) | 0.39 | |
Extension service | Number of times farmer received extension services | 1.46 | 1.81 |
Farm seminar/workshop | Proportion of farmers that attended farm seminar (attendance = 1) | 0.485 | |
Pesticides application | Frequency of pesticides application (count) | 4.62 | 2.68 |
Number of plots | Count | 1.37 | 0.96 |
Brong-Ahafo region | Proportion of sample drawn from the region | 0.18 | |
Eastern region | Proportion of sample drawn from the region | 0.24 | |
Ashanti region | Proportion of sample drawn from the region | 0.18 |