Table 5 Economic impacts of laser land levelling technology
From: A socio-psychological model of laser levelling impacts assessment
Indicators | Priority | Rank mean | Positive impact | No impact | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Average | High | ||||||||
Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | |||
Net income | 1 | 2.17 | 27 | 17.9 | 61 | 40.4 | 60 | 39.7 | 3 | 2.0 |
Tillage cost | 1 | 2.17 | 30 | 19.9 | 55 | 36.4 | 63 | 41.7 | 3 | 2.0 |
Land price | 2 | 2.10 | 27 | 17.9 | 57 | 37.7 | 59 | 39.1 | 8 | 5.3 |
Labor cost | 3 | 2.04 | 29 | 19.2 | 58 | 38.4 | 54 | 35.8 | 9 | 6.0 |
Investment rate for agriculture | 4 | 2.01 | 26 | 17.2 | 67 | 44.4 | 48 | 31.8 | 10 | 6.6 |
Number of working days | 5 | 2.00 | 38 | 25.2 | 59 | 39.1 | 49 | 32.5 | 5 | 3.3 |
Inputs cost | 5 | 2.00 | 33 | 21.9 | 57 | 37.7 | 52 | 34.4 | 9 | 6.0 |