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Table 1

Descriptive statistics and measurement of the study variables

Variables	Description	Mean	SD
Gender	1 if the household head is male, 0 otherwise	0.83	0.37
Age	Age of farmers in (years)	41.50	9.95
Education	Education of farmers in (years)	5.63	4.87
Household size	Family members in (numbers)	8.64	2.29
Experience	Farming experience of the farmers in (years)	26.20	8.36
Landholding size	Cultivated land area under rice crop in (acres)	10.53	7.76
Farm status	1 if tractor operated, 0 otherwise	0.87	0.32
Livestock	1 if farmers have livestock, 0 otherwise	0.62	0.48
Road access	1 if farmers have road access, 0 otherwise	0.58	0.49
Extension	Number of contacts with extension agents	1.75	1.52
Distance	Distance from credit sources in kilometers	10.97	3.83

Variables	Description	Mean	SD
Gender	1 if the household head is male, 0 otherwise	0.83	0.37
Age	Age of farmers in (years)	41.50	9.95
Education	Education of farmers in (years)	5.63	4.87
Household size	Family members in (numbers)	8.64	2.29
Experience	Farming experience of the farmers in (years)	26.20	8.36
Landholding size	Cultivated land area under rice crop in (acres)	10.53	7.76
Farm status	1 if tractor operated, 0 otherwise	0.87	0.32
Livestock	1 if farmers have livestock, 0 otherwise	0.62	0.48
Road access	1 if farmers have road access, 0 otherwise	0.58	0.49
Extension	Number of contacts with extension agents	1.75	1.52
Distance	Distance from credit sources in kilometers	10.97	3.83

Source(s): Field survey data (2017)