Variable | Adoption decision | Intensity of adoption | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Coefficient | Std. error | Coefficient | Std. error | |
Farmer/household factors | Â | |||
 Sex | 3.326** | 1.637 | 3.184 | 6.423 |
 Age | 1.157*** | 0.422 | 0.646 | 1.355 |
 Age squared | 0.012*** | 0.004 | 0.009 | 0.015 |
 Educational status | 1.154*** | 0.406 | 1.556 | 1.005 |
 Household size | 0.151* | 0.079 | 1.179*** | 0.382 |
 Cattle ownership | 0.106 | 1.098 | 14.10** | 5.542 |
Farm-level characteristics | ||||
 Degree of specialization | 3.658 | 2.657 | 21.38* | 12.201 |
 Soil fertility status | 2.249* | 1.215 | 1.661 | 5.343 |
Input variables | ||||
 Cost of ploughing | 0.015 | 0.012 | 0.166*** | 0.048 |
 Fertilizer dummy | 14.82*** | 4.773 | 32.21*** | 6.978 |
 Pesticides and herbicides | 12.19*** | 3.901 | 16.60*** | 4.645 |
Institutional factors | ||||
 Off-farm employment | 4.014** | 1.613 | 8.815* | 5.048 |
 Extension visits | 12.94*** | 4.054 | 4.398 | 5.793 |
 Member of farmer group | 7.409*** | 2.515 | 2.190 | 4.779 |
 Access to credit | 1.988 | 1.745 | 1.549 | 6.220 |
 Distance to market |  | 0.293 | 0.824 | 2.067 |
 Constant | 15.07** | 7.550 | 17.89 | 32.999 |
 Sigma |  |  | 21.54*** | 1.787 |