| Mean | ||||
| Adopters | Non-Adopters | Combined | t-value | |
| Age | 44.27 (1.75) | 39.55 (0.85) | 4.59 (0.78) | 2.55** |
| Family size | 7.78 (0.50) | 7.36 (0.23) | 7.45 (0.21) | 0.85 |
| Farming experience | 24.04 (1.81) | 29.94 (10.04) | 28.66 (7.84) | 0.31 |
| Land holding | 4.98 (0.60) | 3.29 (0.17) | 3.66 (0.19) | 3.78*** |
| House stead land | 0.31 (0.04) | 0.30 (0.02) | 0.31 (0.01) | 0.076 |
| Land under beekeeping | 0.01 (0.005) | 0.002 (0.001) | 0.004 (0.001) | 2.31* |
| Livestock (TLU) | 14.20 (1.33) | 10.10 (0.59) | 11.00 (0.56) | 3.09** |
| Bee colony | 9.78 (2.24) | 4.76 (0.40) | 5.86 (0.59) | 3.58*** |
| Market access (main) | 12.27 (1.20) | 12.33 (0.65) | 12.32 (0.57) | 0.05 |
| Distance from DU | 3.11 (0.33) | 2.65 (0.18) | 2.75 (0.16) | 1.21 |
| Distance to main road | 4.02 (0.56) | 4.06 (0.33) | 4.05 (0.28) | 0.06 |
| Nearest market access | 4.24 (0.46) | 3.80 (0.23) | 3.9 (0.21) | 0.88 |
| Annual honey production | 122.51 (39.69) | 24.99 (2.04) | 46.36 (9.14) | 4.58*** |
| Annual honey sale | 4165.09 (939) | 965.86 (114) | 1666.89 (238) | 5.92*** |
| Honey production/local hive | 3.64 (0.63) | 5.55 (0.23) | 5.13 (0.23) | 3.53** |
| Live Stock sale | 3416.36 (613) | 2683.55 (282) | 2844.13 (258) | 1.18 |
| Crop sale | 19497.45 (3836) | 8794 (912) | 11139 (1131) | 4.03*** |
| Annual nonfarm income | 3428.36 (929.57) | 1176 (221) | 1669.39 (272) | 3.50** |
| Oxen number | 4.25 (0.35) | 2.80 (0.13) | 3.12 (0.13) | 4.75*** |
| Total annual income | 30507.27 (4495) | 13619 (1151) | 17320 (1400) | 5.25** |
| Share of honey sale | 0.181 (0.027) | 0.11 (0.010) | 0.124 (0.01) | 2.96** |
| Honey harvest/modern hives | 19.77 (1.00) | - | - | |
| Share of crop | 0.562 (0.04) | 0.62 (0.02) | 0.61 (0.02) | 1.31 |
| Share of LS | 0.15 (0.026) | 0.193 (0.014) | 0.183 (0.012) | 1.52 |
| Share of nonfarm income | 0.11 (0.025) | 0.081 (0.013) | 0.087 (0.012) | 0.97 |