The impact of adoption of conservation agriculture on smallholder farmers’ food security in semi-arid zones of southern Africa

Table 2 A socio-economic comparison of CA and non-CA farmers

Country	Zimbabwe			Malawi			Mozambique
Country	Non-CA	CA	T test (Pr(T > t))	Non-CA	CA	T test (Pr(T > t))	Non-CA	CA	T test (Pr(T > t))
Food Consumption Score	35.16	33.06	0.086	36.42	36.60	0.527	35.94	39.21	0.088
Head age (years)	51.63	52.19	0.647	42.29	44.19	0.740	46.06	45.04	0.337
Gender (prop. male)	0.71	0.72	0.631	0.85	0.88	0.640	0.91	0.85	0.094
Household size	5.89	5.90	0.506	5.18	4.88	0.237	7.23	8.38	0.973
Draft cattle	1.39	1.21	0.128	0.02	0.00	0.354	0.58	1.52	0.997
Mobile phone (prop.)	0.15	0.16	0.567	0.17	0.13	0.300	0.11	0.31	0.998
Ox-plough (prop.)	0.86	0.82	0.248	0.02	0.00	0.353	0.05	0.09	0.832
Arable land (acres)	8.92	7.65	0.005	2.64	2.78	0.655	4.05	4.05	0.503
Cultivated land (acres)	6.08	5.16	0.009	2.43	2.64	0.712	3.23	2.49	0.026
Crop income (Usd)	124.60	114.32	0.353	75.10	83.99	0.571	66.80	125.83	0.956

Food consumption profiles as given in [36, 37] and considered in this study are as follows: 0–21 is given as poor; 21.5–35 is given as borderline consumption; and >35 is given as acceptable consumption. Average Food Consumption Scores in the study sites ranged between 33.06 and 39.21, which can be classified as borderline to acceptable levels

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