Table 1

Summary statistics of rice attributes for Uganda and Kenya

VariableCountryMeanStd. devMinMax
Price (US$/kg)Uganda0.950.480.183.24
Kenya1.640.760.6410.24
Price (constant international dollars, US$/kg)Uganda2.641.330.509.02
Kenya4.101.901.6025.57
Head rice (%)Uganda74.7414.655.2499.99
Kenya94.487.3860.1799.99
Broken grain (%)Uganda25.2614.650.0194.76
Kenya5.527.380.0139.83
Length-width ratioUganda2.870.392.324.32
Kenya3.450.441.965.49
Chalkiness (%)Uganda14.289.760.0354.17
Kenya23.8715.320.0162.85
Lightness (%)Uganda64.053.3552.5771.84
Kenya64.453.7352.6074.48
Amylose content (%)Uganda18.231.7810.5020.20
Kenya16.131.6712.6520.30
Color intensityUganda8.483.305.9967.38
Kenya9.402.046.2315.60
Peak viscosity (centipoise)Uganda2656.64682.00285.004142.00
Kenya1594.82642.6586.003121.00
Moisture content (%)Uganda13.080.4212.1514.10
Kenya12.680.2511.8013.50
Impurities (total, %)Uganda0.140.210.001.65
Kenya0.120.320.003.85
Impurities (inorganic, %)Uganda0.020.060.000.55
Kenya0.100.310.003.80
Impurities (organic, %)Uganda0.120.200.001.65
Kenya0.100.310.003.80
Type (non-parboiled = 1, parboiled = 0)Uganda0.940.240.001.00
Kenya0.810.390.001.00

Source(s): Authors' work

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