Table 2 Effect of farmer demographics on coffee output at farm level.

From: Determinants of the produced coffee volumes and choice of marketing channels among smallholder coffee farmers in Embu and Kirinyaga counties, Kenya

Total production (kgs)

Coef.

Std. err.

t

P > t

[95% Conf. interval]

Gender of the farmer

0.02352

0.09742

0.24

0.809

−0.16806

0.21511

Age of the farmer

−0.07616

0.05184

−1.47

0.143

−0.17810

0.02579

Education Level

−0.01892

0.02910

−0.65

0.516

−0.07615

0.03831

Off-farm Income

0.12322

0.05486

2.25

0.025*

0.01539

0.23104

Title deed ownership

0.10511

0.13548

0.78

0.438

−0.16133

0.37154

Farming Experience

−0.01392

0.05418

−0.26

0.797

−0.12047

0.09264

Membership in society

−0.05254

0.30398

−0.17

0.863

−0.65037

0.54528

Total Land size

0.23498

0.11444

2.05

0.041*

0.00992

0.46004

Coffee Farm size

−0.28817

0.10251

−2.81

0.005**

−0.48978

−0.08655

Market Information

0.46850

0.15903

2.95

0.003**

0.15574

0.78127

_cons

3.23698

0.74820

4.33

0.000

1.76553

4.70843

Var (e.log TP (kgs))

0.69085

0.05155

  

0.59655

0.80005

  1. Bold values indicate significance at 95% confidence level.
  2. *0.05 and **0.01 significant levels