Farmer-reported input use and yields for boro rice by source of information, average 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 for study area locations Bangladesh
| Source of information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Fertilizer trader | Own/peer experience | Government extension agent | F-statistica | |
| No. of observations | 556 | 175 | 324 | 57 | |
| Sample share (% hh) | 100 | 31.5 | 58.3 | 10.2 | |
| Boro rice area (ha) | 0.22 (0.18) | 0.22 (0.14) | 0.22 (0.21) | 0.20 (0.15) | 0.51 (0.60) |
| Urea (kg/ha) | 309 (206) | 300 (161) | 303 (219) | 372 (237) | 5.98*** (0.00) |
| Other fertilizer (DAP, TSP, MoP, gypsum, kg/ha) | 268 (166) | 279 (144) | 263 (184) | 266 (113) | 1.06 (0.35) |
| Compost (kg/ha) | 703 (2,483) | 580 (2,416) | 808 (2,686) | 481 (1,067) | 1.47 (0.23) |
| Labor (man-day/ha) | 178 (87) | 183 (89) | 173 (85) | 187 (92) | 2.18 (0.11) |
| Seed (kg/ha) | 150 (189) | 147 (201) | 157 (195) | 122 (86) | 1.77 (0.17) |
| Hybrid seed (% hh) | 31.6 (46.5) | 30.9 (46.3) | 32.7 (47.0) | 27.2 (44.7) | 0.74 (0.48) |
| Yield (t/ha) | 6.44 (2.98) | 6.59 (2.65) | 6.32 (3.04) | 6.63 (3.34) | 1.19 (0.30) |
| Source of information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Fertilizer trader | Own/peer experience | Government extension agent | ||
| No. of observations | 556 | 175 | 324 | 57 | |
| Sample share (% hh) | 100 | 31.5 | 58.3 | 10.2 | |
| 0.22 (0.18) | 0.22 (0.14) | 0.22 (0.21) | 0.20 (0.15) | 0.51 (0.60) | |
| Urea (kg/ha) | 309 (206) | 300 (161) | 303 (219) | 372 (237) | 5.98*** (0.00) |
| Other fertilizer (DAP, TSP, MoP, gypsum, kg/ha) | 268 (166) | 279 (144) | 263 (184) | 266 (113) | 1.06 (0.35) |
| Compost (kg/ha) | 703 (2,483) | 580 (2,416) | 808 (2,686) | 481 (1,067) | 1.47 (0.23) |
| Labor (man-day/ha) | 178 (87) | 183 (89) | 173 (85) | 187 (92) | 2.18 (0.11) |
| Seed (kg/ha) | 150 (189) | 147 (201) | 157 (195) | 122 (86) | 1.77 (0.17) |
| Hybrid seed (% hh) | 31.6 (46.5) | 30.9 (46.3) | 32.7 (47.0) | 27.2 (44.7) | 0.74 (0.48) |
| Yield (t/ha) | 6.44 (2.98) | 6.59 (2.65) | 6.32 (3.04) | 6.63 (3.34) | 1.19 (0.30) |
Notes: Numbers in parentheses are standard deviations, except aProb.>F values, with F values in parentheses. H0: Mean (a)=Mean (b)=Mean (c). ***Indicates 1 percent level of significance
Source: Survey (2015)
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