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Table 5 Probit estimates of the determinants of information utilization among rice farmers in Ghana

From: Assessing the information seeking behaviour and utilization of rice farmers in the Ejisu-Juaben municipality of Ashanti Region of Ghana

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