Variables Mean values of the variables Mean values of the variables Mean values of the variables
CAS (n = 162) ACS (n = 60) AFS (n = 48)
Years of schooling (Education) 5.0 (3.6)a 6.3 (3.7)b 9.6 (4.0)c
Age of household head 46.6 (13.2)a 43.6 (9.9) 39.4 (10.0)b
Sex of household head 0.55 (0.50) 0.56 (0.50) 0.64 (0.48)
Household size 4.7 (2.1)a 4.4 (1.9) 3.9 (1.3)b
Off-farm income 0.32 (0.50) 0.49 (0.50) 0.75 (0.43)
Landholding size 23.8 (21.1)a 34.7 (25.4)b 74.3 (36.7)c
Livestock herd size 2.9 (1.9)a 3.7 (2.6)b 6.7 (2.8)c
Extension service 0.80 (1.1)a 3.2 (2.2)b 5.5 (1.7)c
Distance from home to nearest government forest 4.2 (2.7)a 9.0 (5.6)b 9.3 (5.5)b
Transport (tractor, bullock cart) 0.6 (0.51) 0.4 (0.51) 0.3 (0.48)
Irrigation 0.35 (0.48) 0.46 (0.50) 0.63 (0.49)
Membership 0.25 (0.43) 0.51 (0.50) 0.73 (0.45)
Origin 0.41(0.49) 0.40 (0.49) 0.58 (0.50)
Risk taking attitude 2.4 (0.80) 1.71 (0.77) 1.52 (0.74)
Awareness 0.28 (0.45) 0.51 (0.50) 0.69 (0.47)
Tree density (no of trees/hectare) 0 101(38)a 245 (49)b
No. of agricultural crops grown in a year 7.0 (2.0)a 8.0 (2.0) 10.0 (3.0)b