Table 3 Characteristics of respondents
Characteristics | Category | Adopters | Non-adopters | χ2 | Sig | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency (N = 96) | Proportion (%) | Frequency (N = 204) | Proportion (%) | ||||
Gender of HH head | Male | 79 | 82.3 | 90 | 44.1 | 19.8*** | 0.00 |
Female | 17 | 17.7 | 114 | 55.9 | Â | Â | |
Education | None | 33 | 34.4 | 65 | 31.9 | 1.088 | 0.78 |
Primary | 52 | 54.2 | 108 | 52.9 | Â | Â | |
Secondary | 10 | 10.4 | 26 | 12.7 | Â | Â | |
College | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | Â | Â | |
Main source of livelihood | Employment | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.4 | 146.9*** | 0.00 |
Cattle keeping | 12 | 12.5 | 123 | 60.3 | Â | Â | |
Farming | 3 | 3.1 | 25 | 12.3 | Â | Â | |
Business | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11.3 | Â | Â | |
Livestock and crop production | 81 | 84.4 | 26 | 12.7 | Â | Â | |
Monthly income (Ksh) |  < 10,000 | 46 | 22.5 | 82 | 85.4 | 105.8*** | 0.00 |
10,000–20,000 | 116 | 56.9 | 12 | 12.5 |  |  | |
20,000–30,000 | 37 | 18.1 | 2 | 2.1 |  |  | |
 > 30,000 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 |  |  |  | |
Land tenure | Private | 60 | 62.5 | 39 | 19.1 | 155.94*** | 0.00 |
Community | 36 | 37.5 | 165 | 80.9 | Â | Â | |
Farmer groups | Member | 83 | 86.5 | 47 | 23 | 106.9*** | 0.00 |
Non-member | 13 | 13.5 | 157 | 77 | Â | Â | |
Extension | Accessed | 73 | 76 | 36 | 17.6 | 96.2*** | 0.00 |
Not accessed | 23 | 24 | 168 | 82.4 | Â | Â | |
Access to credit | Yes | 78 | 81.2 | 12 | 5.9 | 48.6 | 0.00 |
No | 18 | 18.8 | 192 | 94.1 | Â | Â | |
Active labour | Available | 84 | 87.5 | 40 | 19.6 | 124.1*** | 0.00 |
Not available | 12 | 12.5 | 164 | 80.4 | Â | Â | |