International Journal of Horticulture, 2026, Vol.16, No.2, 68-76 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 72 Table 6 Mean yield comparision of farmers by independent sample t-test S. N Categories N Mean (kg/ropani) df p-value t-value 1 Training received 51 79.27 98 <0.001 4.66*** 2 Training not received 49 69.48 - - - 3 Cooperative member 64 76.62 98 0.006 2.80*** 4 Nonmember 36 70.11 - - - 5 Male 73 75.05 98 0.270 1.11 6 Female 27 72.17 - - - 7 Literate 65 78.21 98 <0.001 5.22*** 8 Illiterate 35 66.97 - - - Note: *** represents significance at 1% Table 7 Summary statistics of the multiple regression model for bean production (N = 100) Statistic Value Number of observations (N) 100 F-value 28.00*** R2 0.758 AdjustedR2 0.731 Root Mean Square Error 229.25 Significance level p <0.001 The regression results show that total cultivated area, irrigated land, training, and annual income had a significant positive effect on bean production, indicating the importance of resource availability and capacity building (Table 8). In contrast, education, cooperative membership, experience, gender, age, and family size did not significantly influence the total production of French beans in the study area. It was found that production was mainly driven by access to land, irrigation, financial resources, and training rather than by socio-demographic characteristics. Table 8 Factors affecting production of French bean in the study area S. N Variable Coefficient B Standard error t-value p-value 1 Education -5.94 33.43 -0.18 0.859 2 Total area 37.97 4.79 7.93 <0.001*** 3 Irrigated land 20.44 6.90 2.96 0.004*** 4 Cooperative -25.84 62.88 -0.41 0.682 5 Experience -1.24 3.86 -0.32 0.749 6 Gender -51.89 53.84 -0.96 0.338 7 Age -2.70 3.91 -0.69 0.492 8 Family size 11.35 19.75 0.57 0.567 9 Training 129.11 57.37 2.25 0.027** 10 Annual income 19.37 6.03 3.21 0.002*** 11 Constant -288.52 309.16 -0.93 0.353 Note: ** and *** represents significance at 5% and 1% respectively 3.8 Level of satisfaction of farmers It reveals that most farmers (40%) were moderately satisfied with their bean production, while 26% were not satisfied, 21% were neutral, and only 13% were strongly satisfied, indicating moderate overall satisfaction with room for improvement in addressing their concerns and enhancing overall satisfaction (Table 9).
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