Summary of technical efficiency scores by sources of information farmers relied on for deciding chemical fertilizer application
| Source on information relied on | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trader | Own/peer experience | Government extension agents | Pairwise comparisons of mean efficiency score (unequal variances) by the sources of information relied on | ||||
| All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 vs 2 | 1 vs 3 | 2 vs 3 | |
| Technical efficiency score (%) | 71.9 | 72.5 | 71.8 | 70.9 | 0.70* (0.39) | 1.60** (0.72) | 0.90 (0.70) |
| Source on information relied on | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trader | Own/peer experience | Government extension agents | Pairwise comparisons of mean efficiency score (unequal variances) by the sources of information relied on | ||||
| All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 vs 2 | 1 vs 3 | 2 vs 3 | |
| Technical efficiency score (%) | 71.9 | 72.5 | 71.8 | 70.9 | 0.70* (0.39) | 1.60** (0.72) | 0.90 (0.70) |
Notes: Values in parentheses are standard errors. *,**Indicate the 10 and 5 percent levels of significance, respectively
Source: Authors’ calculation
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