Variables | Types of information utilization among rice farmers | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fertilizer application | Pesticide application | Disease control | Weed control | |||||
ME | SE | ME | SE | ME | SE | ME | SE | |
Age | 0.0279 | 0.0285 | 0.0305 | 0.0267 | 0.0221 | 0.0277 | 0.0256 | 0.0266 |
Age2 | −0.0003 | 0.0003 | −0.0003 | 0.0003 | −0.0003 | 0.0003 | −0.0003 | 0.0003 |
Gender | −0.0601 | 0.0966 | 0.0664 | 0.0955 | −0.0066 | 0.1095 | 0.1844** | 0.1060 |
Years of schooling | 0.0092 | 0.0116 | 0.0225** | 0.0109 | 0.0006 | 0.0120 | 0.0112 | 0.0114 |
Econ. active HH | −0.0242 | 0.0283 | −0.0581** | 0.0288 | −0.0728** | 0.0341 | −0.0158 | 0.0296 |
Experience in rice production | 0.0071 | 0.0066 | 0.0006 | 0.0058 | 0.0150** | 0.0072 | 0.0001 | 0.0061 |
Distance to the information source | 0.3181*** | 0.0761 | 0.2509** | 0.0723 | 0.1743 | 0.1191 | 0.1474 | 0.1142 |
Language used in | −0.3494** | 0.1825 | −0.3295** | 0.1759 | −0.1268 | 0.1542 | −0.2248 | 0.1578 |
Land | 0.0317* | 0.0169 | 0.0144 | 0.0145 | 0.0158 | 0.0175 | 0.0311 | 0.0201 |
Yield | 0.0004** | 0.0002 | 0.0004 | 0.0002 | 0.0003 | 0.0002 | 0.0004** | 0.0002 |
Extension | 0.3350*** | 0.0950 | 0.3909*** | 0.0881 | 0.3763** | 0.1018 | 0.2549** | 0.1026 |
FBOs | 0.2556 | 0.0827 | 0.0944 | 0.1002 | −0.0855 | 0.1379 | −0.1903 | 0.1374 |
Market information | 0.1382 | 0.1130 | 0.1454 | 0.1083 | 0.1053 | 0.1190 | −0.0754 | 0.1127 |
Constant | −3.7439 | 2.2778 | −4.1655* | 2.5153 | −1.9605 | 1.9590 | −2.2108 | 2.0028 |
Observed Pr | 0.6880 | 0.7248 | 0.6330 | 0.6789 | ||||
Predicted Pr(@mean values) | 0.7548 | 0.8016 | 0.6616 | 0.7127 | ||||
Pseudo-R2 | 0.2511 | 0.2948 | 0.1645 | 0.1639 | ||||
Loglikelihood | −50.67 | −45.23 | −59.86 | −57.20 | ||||
Lrchi (13) | 33.97*** | 37.81*** | 23.57*** | 22.43*** | ||||
No. of observations | 109 | 109 | 109 | 109 |