Table 9 Estimates of the factors affecting the technical inefficiency model for onion production

constant

0.6194

0.0255

0.0000

0.3840

0.0423

0.0000

Age of Respondent

-0.0003

0.0005

0.6420

-0.0001

0.0014

0.9330

Educational years

0.0018**

0.0008

0.0340

-0.0012

0.0012

0.3330

Family Size (Number)

-0.0019**

0.0007

0.0100

-0.0011

0.0014

0.4320

Land holding (ha)

-0.0001

0.0021

0.9700

0.0658***

0.0061

0.0000

Experience of farming (Years)

0.0007

0.0005

0.1370

0.0001

0.0012

0.9190

Extension contacts

0.2083***

0.0169

0.0000

0.1187**

0.0463

0.0110

Social Participation

0.1527***

0.0215

0.0000

0.2608***

0.0352

0.0000

Information Source use

0.1728***

0.0284

0.0000

0.0241

0.0425

0.5710

Log likelihood

510.88102

358.6267

LRchi²

280.95

216.76

Prob > chi²

0.0000

0.0000

Pseudo R²

-0.3793

-0.4331

N

240

240