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Table 5. Comparison of levels of inputs and output and <strong>the</strong> crop budget for <strong>the</strong> second-season<br />

potato crop of adopters and nonadopters.<br />

-<br />

Variable Adopter Nonadopter<br />

Inputs<br />

Seed costa<br />

Fertilizer cost<br />

Agrochemical cost b<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r costs<br />

~abor'<br />

Land preparation<br />

Planting<br />

Weeding<br />

Fertilizing<br />

Pest and disease control<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r operations<br />

Harvesting<br />

(Total labor)' '<br />

Yield (kg)<br />

Total costd<br />

Gross income d<br />

Net income d<br />

Physical Values Physical Values<br />

quantitieslha SLWha quantitieslha SLWHa<br />

days<br />

112.1<br />

19.8<br />

59.7<br />

12.9<br />

10.9<br />

21.2<br />

39.4<br />

(276.1)<br />

7,757<br />

days<br />

145.2<br />

28.3<br />

29.8<br />

8.2<br />

13.9<br />

33.2<br />

46.9<br />

(305.5)<br />

9,981<br />

?rice of seed potato SLR50.00lkg. b~ignificant<br />

at 1 % level. '~abor cost SLR60.00lday.<br />

Computed from sample means and not tested for statistical significance of differences.

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