Determinants of smallholder farmers’ decision to adopt adaptation options to climate change and variability in the Muger Sub basin of the Upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia

Table 4 Parameter estimates of the multinomial logit climate change adaptation model

Explanatory variables	Irrigation		Agronomic practices		Livelihood diversification		Soil and water conservation
Explanatory variables	Coefficients	P level	Coefficients	P level	Coefficients	P level	Coefficients	P level
AGROECOLOGY
2	0.04382	0.969	− 0.81489	0.429	− 0.00684	0.995	− 1.94269**	0.058
3	− 1.6309	0.260	− 3.09980***	0.027	− 2.06575	0.135	− 4.11506***	0.003
GENDERHH	4.5784***	0.001	3.39037***	0.002	2.92271***	0.007	6.31437***	0.000
AGEHH	0.02474	0.530	0.02838	0.465	0.03507	0.363	0.02153	0.571
EDUCATION	0.35660***	0.002	0.15505	0.162	0.09720	0.389	0.16838	0.123
FAMILYSIZE	0.02708	0.897	0.20196	0.323	0.15449	0.444	0.06125	0.761
Social capital	3.5246***	0.000	2.62318***	0.000	2.77039***	0.000	2.79201***	0.000
TRAINING	2.2494***	0.010	2.81760***	0.001	2.46013***	0.004	2.66200***	0.002
CREDIT	2.3048***	0.013	1.30769	0.148	1.21670	0.173	1.29698	0.148
DISTMARKET	− 0.3730	0.545	− 0.66452	0.276	− 0.49368	0.418	0.06126	0.917
WARNING	2.2758***	0.011	1.08831	0.203	2.17846***	0.012	2.47294***	0.004
LIVESTOCKTLU	− 0.06469	0.600	− 0.03279	0.787	− 0.22183**	0.073	− 0.07275	0.547
CROP FAILURE	0.90076***	0.000	1.00497***	0.000	0.86159***	0.000	0.84016***	0.000
CULTIVLAND	0.75052	0.275	− 0.17688	0.797	0.35875	0.600	0.80477	0.231
_cons	21.7216***	0.000	− 16.0392***	0.000	− 15.528***	0.000	− 18.4650***	0.000

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