TABLE 1

Descriptive Statistics (n = 473)

VariableCoef.Std. Dev.
Yield (kg/are)37.42727.734
Cultivated area (ares)16.43319.134
Soil Quality Measurements
Carbon (percent)2.4031.079
Nitrogen (percent)0.2130.090
Soil pH5.0690.306
Potassium (percent)0.2060.068
Clay (percent)28.2103.651
Silt (percent)26.4096.408
Sand (percent)45.1348.034
Plot Characteristics
Crop disease dummy0.1860.390
Distance from house (walking10.28910.774
minutes)
Black soil dummy0.5050.501
Red soil dummy0.1840.388
Brown or white soil dummy0.3110.463
Lowland plot dummy0.6190.486
Hilltop plot dummy0.0270.164
Hillside plot dummy0.3530.478
Irrigated by rain dummy0.1520.360
Irrigated by dam dummy0.4500.498
Irrigated by spring dummy0.3720.484
Land Rights
Right to sell dummy0.5640.496
Right to build a tomb dummy0.1520.360
Right to lease out dummy0.7230.448
Right to plant trees dummy0.5160.500
Kids will have the same rights0.4590.499
dummy
Inherited plot dummy0.6430.480
Purchased plot dummy0.3190.467
Plot received as gift dummy0.0060.079
Plot obtained through clearing0.0230.151
dummy
Formal title dummy0.3230.468