| Independent Farmers, n = 149 | Not Certified PGs, n = 28 | Certified PGs, n = 72 |
Independent Variables | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) |
Extension visits | 2.46 (4.60)*** | 10.04 (2.87) | 7.76 (2.93)*** |
Traceability breadth | 2.51 (1.1)*** | 3.61 (0.74) | 3.36 (0.70) |
Assets | 1.14 (0.74)*** | 2.46 (0.88) | 2.81 (0.40)*** |
Area under beans (acres) | 0.79 (0.50) | 0.79 (0.72) | 1.53 (0.77)*** |
Exchange seasons (count) | 2.58 (3.23)*** | 6.46 (4.64) | 8.21 (3.94)* |
No. sharing buyer (count) | 3.4 (1.79) | 3.5 (1.60) | 3.64 (1) |
Price (KE/3kg) | 67.62 (16.04)** | 74.33 (7.8) | 71.49 (8.36) |
Export firm dummy (0,1) | 0.30 (0.46)*** | 0.93 (0.26) | 0.81 (0.40) |
No. of buyers | 8.66 (3.01) | 8.96 (2.3) | 9.5 (1.5) |
Age (yrs) | 40.18 (9.25)** | 44.46 (11) | 43.29 (7.06) |
High school dummy (0,1) | 0.40 (0.49) | 0.5 (0.51) | 0.57 (0.50) |