Table 1: Descriptive statistics

||**_Total_**|**_Central C_**|**_opperbelt_**|**_Eastern_**|**_Luapula_**<br>|**_Lusaka_**|_Northern_<br>|_Northwest_|**_South_**|**_West_**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Household size|6.19|7.37|5.99|5.93|5.49|6.98|5.93|5.55|8.71|5.58|
|Female headed<br>|20.52%<br>|16.67%|18.43%|21.35%|21.22%|16.20%|19.47%|18.31%|12.07%|31.22%|
|Access to extension|23.77%|14.08%|22.44%|30.76%|13.43%|24.22%|29.18%|28.34%|27.24%|15.66%|
|Primary education|56.46%|58.11%|50.00%|57.20%|60.10%|47.22%|55.87%|50.00%|66.84%|53.01%|
|Secondary education<br>|14.84%<br>|22.81%|26.28%|8.52%|13.92%|16.67%|17.47%|10.83%|16.71%|11.06%|
|Age|45.44|45.72|44,42|45.40|44.45|45.44|44.34|45.29|46.09|48.31|
|Area cultivated (hectares)|1.89|2.82|1.58|2.24|1.18|1.72|1.60|1.20|3.30|1.44|
|Value of production (1000 K)<br>|231.44|407.08|224.36|257.93|139.38|157.37|230.35|171.65|358.46|116.18|
|Value of sales<br>|90.12|212.61|101.09|92.94|34.78|47.80|92.01|68,27|123.51|37.50|
|Share of sales|38.94%|52.23%|45.06%|36.03%|24.95%|30.37%|39.94%|39.77%|34.46%|32.27%|
|Posession of caUtle<br>|19.14%<br>|27.85%|9.49%|27.67%|1.10%|21.30%|8.42%|6.37%|60.88%|19.84%|
|Value of cattle (1000 K)<br>|152.62|240.77|69.38|162.71|3.82|172.22|33.43|42.25|712.81|172.64|
|Ownership of draught animals|14.86%|26.75%|8.03%|22.92%|0.17%|18.52%|2.32%|1,43%|57.56%|12.20%|
|Access to credit|14.53%|21.71%|4.56%|24.58%|9,85%|23.61%|13.51%|5.25%|16.05%|5.45%|
|Amount of credit received (1000 K)<br>|160.75|210.88|165.64|134,23|132.56|81.47|136.63|70.09|281.45|252.27|
|Use fertilizer|31.21%|61.51%|25.73%|27.42%|17.74%|75.00%|35.58%|19.75%|48.28%|10.24%|
|Value of fertilizer used|80.36|96.42|106.18|108.48|45.92|51.49|58.74|46.25|79.91|118.00|
|No of observations|9,706|912|548|2,042|1,178<br>_1994_|216|2,198|628|754|1,230|
|Area cultivated<br>|2.01|3.07|1.68|2.34|1.28|1.77|1.71|1.07|3.77|1.53|
|Value of production (1000 K)|227.93|386.76|208,32|247.76|123.51|184.61|243.52|166.15|376.35|106.27|
|Value of sales<br>|95.32<br>|207.41<br>|99.35<br>|84.49|32.76|62.89|114.62|73.12|149.09|37.87|
|Share of sales|41.82%|53.63%|47.69%|34.10%|26.53%|34.07%|47.07%|44.01%|39.62%|35.64%|
|Ownership of cattle|18.61%|27.85%|9.49%|25.47%|1.53%|21.30%|8.55%|5.73%|59.42%|19.84%|
|Value of cattle (1000 K)<br>|127.01|228.55|64.16|141.74|4.79|169.44|28.39|32.10|505.78|157.37|
|Ownership of draught animals<br>|15.66%<br>|27.19%<br>|8.76%<br>|24.19%<br>|0.34%|18.52%|2.55%|1.59%|58.36%|14.63%|
|Access to credit|19.23%|26.54%|5.47%|29.29%|14.43%|32.41%|21.02%|9.87%|19.89%|6.67%|
|Amount of credit received (1000 K)<br>|31.97|59.29|10.04|41.86|14.02|26.93|30.35|6.87|62.47|20.19|
|Use fertilizer<br>|34.82%<br>|65.57%<br>|22.26%<br>|31.54%<br>|22.75%<br>|87.04%|40.49%|26.75%|48.28%|11.22%|
|Value of fertilizer used|97.46|112.94|192.83|131.77|51.09<br>_1995_|58.63|73.30|53.31|94.41|144.73|
|Area cultivated<br>|1.76<br>|2.58<br>|1.48|2.14|1.07|1.67|1.48|1.33|2.82|1.35|
|Value of production (1000 K)|234.96|427.39|240.40|268.10|155.26|130.12|217.19|177.16|340.57|126.10|
|Value of sales<br>|84.93|217.81|102.83|101.39|36.80|32.71|69.39|63.42|97.93|37.12|
|Share of sales|36.14%|50.96%|42,78%|37.82%|23.70%|25.14%|31.95%|35.80%|28.75%|29.44%|
|Ownership of cattle<br>|19.68%|27.85%|9.49%|29.87%|0.68%|21.30%|8.28%|7.01%|62.33%|19.84%|
|Value of cattle (1000 K)|178,24|252.98|74.60|183.67|2.85|175.00|38.47|52.39|919.84|187.92|
|Access to credit|9.83%|16.89%|3.65%|19.88%|5.26%|14.81%|6.01%|0.64%|12.20%|4.23%|
|Amount of credit received (1000 K)<br>|10.31|22.59|3.55|16.90|8.46|8.08|4.60|0.35|19.51|5.11|
|Ownership of draught animals<br>|14.05%<br>|26.32%<br>|7.30%<br>|21.65%|0.00%|18.52%|2.09%|1.27%|56.76%|9.76%|
|Use fertilizer|27.59%|67.46%|29.20%|23.31%|12.73%|62.96%|30.66%|12.74%|48.28%|9.27%|
|Value of fertilizer used|58.88|77.57|40.11|77.06|36.77|41.71|39.70|31.44|65.57|85.07|