Table I.

Summary statistics of variables used in the analyses

VariablesMeanSDMinimumMaximum
Household characteristics
Age of HH head (in yr.)41.1510.411868
Young farmer dummy (i.e., HH head < 35 years)28.3745.1801
Human capital
Literate HH headEducation of HH head94.6236.1701
 Primary education (base category: illiterate)27.72–––
 Secondary education (base category: illiterate)24.46–––
 Higher secondary and above (base category: illiterate)43.48–––
Farm assets
Land owned (ha)a6.567.330.848
Own tractor76.2838.4701
Own ZT drill machine14.4535.2501
Social capital and training––––
Membership in cooperatives/institutions (Yes = 1)36.4547.2401
Training (CA/soil and water management) (Yes = 1)15.7139.1501
Constraints
Use of weather information (Yes = 1)52.4350.0701
Lack credit for agriculture (Yes = 1)13.9434.7101
Lack of knowledge on CAW (Yes = 1)65.4941.3201
Lack THS machine (Yes = 1)72.1144.5901
Perception to climate change––––
Perceive CAW copes with climate extreme (Yes = 1)59.1241.5401
Accessibility
Distance to market (in Km)4.863.29118
Distance to extension service centre (in Km)6.682.93120
Distance to agricultural cooperatives (in Km)2.061.49010
Distance to nearest ZT service providers (in Km)4.384.33022
Number of Sample households (by village)
Anjanthali/Balu28–––
Badarpur/Dabkolikala24–––
Bastada/Kutail14–––
Chorpura20–––
Daha/Uncha Saman18–––
Gangar20–––
Padhana/Sandhir24–––
Pujam20–––
Shambli20–––
Taraori20–––

Notes:

a

Values in the table refer to percentages unless stated; and of the total sample households, only 21 households have more than 10 ha of land. If we omit those households, the average land ownership is 3.83 ha with a standard deviation of 2.66 ha. Only seven households have more than 20 ha of land; THS = Turbo Happy Seeder

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