Table 1

Summary Statistics for Paddy Rice Production in the Farm Survey Data Set, 2004

VariableUnitsMeanStd. Dev.MinMax.
Output (Y)kg10,32112,484690105,593
Capital (K)hours36374272
Labor (LAB)man days1569132584
Land (LAN)ha2.272.350.1314.60
Fertilizer (F)kg814.08610.0573.005,000.00
Pesticides (P)kg1.6911.881.39123.65
Mekong River Delta (MRD)yes = 10.500.5101
Land (SIZE)ha0.920.990.067.30
Plot size (PLOTSIZE)ha0.450.580.024.50
Soil (SOIL)rank2.721.0715
Irrigation (IRR)rank2.620.5914
Education (ED)level20.6414