Production Shocks

Marketing Shocks

Variable

Coping (n = 629)

Non coping (n = 189)

Chi2a/t-testb

Coping (n = 119)

Non coping (n = 26)

Chi2a/t-testb

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Human capital

Household size

5.99

2.257

5.10

2.191

4.813***

5.99

1.989

5.23

2.503

1.683*

Gender

0.80

0.399

0.79

0.406

0.053

0.82

0.383

0.77

0.430

0.415

Age

49.29

12.231

50.11

13.495

−0.787

51.13

12.039

52.96

11.827

−0.703

Marital status

0.80

0.403

0.79

0.406

0.007

0.82

0.383

0.77

0.430

0.415

Education

9.15

4.522

9.51

4.664

−0.940

9.07

4.286

9.85

4.451

−0.834

Social capital

Land tenure

0.91

0.280

0.89

0.315

1.114

0.90

0.302

1.00

0.000

2.858*

Member to a farmer group

0.44

0.496

0.32

0.467

8.617***

0.41

0.494

0.31

0.471

0.969

Natural capital

Rural location

0.78

0.413

0.49

0.501

62.104***

0.87

0.343

0.58

0.504

11.730***

Fertile soil

0.50

0.500

0.58

0.495

3.641*

0.53

0.501

0.38

0.496

1.790

Steep land slope

0.42

0.494

0.33

0.471

5.444**

0.39

0.491

0.38

0.496

0.100

Physical capital

Distance to market

2.36

2.418

2.39

2.464

−0.168

2.04

1.796

2.69

1.644

−1.696

Distance to agro-vet

2.24

2.128

1.96

1.889

1.656*

2.01

2.366

2.58

2.403

−1.102

Type of irrigation system

0.14

0.350

0.20

0.398

3.076*

0.10

0.302

0.27

0.452

5.314**

Financial capital

Total household income (log)

16.17

0.223

16.17

0.250

0.266

16.12

0.384

16.27

0.236

−1.928

Off-farm income

0.23

0.419

0.35

0.478

11.346***

0.23

0.421

0.46

0.508

5.975**

Total livestock units (TLU)

0.75

0.545

0.82

0.661

0.007

0.67

0.550

0.60

0.649

0.643

Grading of AIV

0.34

0.475

0.39

0.489

1.471

0.39

0.491

0.42

0.504

0.070

Number of farm enterprises

5.95

2.255

5.01

2.312

5.025***

6.24

2.786

4.88

1.558

2.402**

Land size (log)

0.30

1.026

0.28

0.973

0.226

0.35

0.926

0.24

1.014

0.524

Institution and access-related variables

Credit services

0.22

0.412

0.14

0.351

4.902**

0.18

0.390

0.15

0.368

0.140

Access to information

0.37

0.484

0.40

0.492

0.559

0.40

0.493

0.35

0.485

0.293

High-value market

0.18

0.384

0.13

0.334

2.891*

0.14

0.351

0.04

0.196

2.139

Warning on shocks

0.18

0.388

0.14

0.351

1.740

0.18

0.390

0.15

0.368

3.427*

Contract farming

0.08

0.266

0.07

0.254

0.119

0.10

0.302

0.15

0.368

0.611

Certification

0.34

0.475

0.20

0.402

13.478***

0.28

0.450

0.27

0.452

0.007

Extension services

1.74

3.135

0.95

2.130

3.226***

1.72

3.234

1.23

2.405

0.732