TABLE 1

Summary Statistics

CharacteristicValue
Household Level
Annual household income (dollars)415 (1,145)
Nonagricultural income81.4%
Household size8.48 (5.15)
Number of parcels2.31 (0.85)
Own cattle29.7%
Female-headed households6.8%
Migrant households16.5%
Ever experienced land conflict19.2%
Household head’s parents from same village75.5%
Plot/Cultivator Level
Parcel size, hectares1.62 (2.26)
Length of tenure, years15.24 (13.68)
Quality: sloped terrain6.5%
Quality: lowland terrain20.4%
Acquired through inheritance46.1%
Acquired through allocation by household head23.2%
Acquired through gift/allocation by traditional authority20.5%
Acquired by purchase/rental0.2%
Value of output per hectare (dollars)12.68 (189.48)
Literacy of cultivator13.0%
% of cultivators who are household heads65.9%
% female cultivators34.6%
Age of cultivator44.36 (15.58)
  • Note: Standard deviations in parentheses.