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Table 7 Estimation results

From: Crop diversification and household food security status: evidence from rural Benin

Variables

Coefficients

P value

Age

− 0.001

0.226

Sex

− 0.035

0.123

Education

 Primary

0.007

0.567

 Secondary

0.119***

0.000

FBOs

0.059

0.200

Extension Services

0.067***

0.000

Location

 Glazoue

− 0.015

0.455

 Dassa

− 0.010

0.631

 Ouesse

− 0.027

0.175

 Savalou

− 0.030

0.139

Credit

0.035**

0.023

Simpson Diversity Index

0.198***

0.000

Seed

0.019

0.185

Fertilizer

0.006

0.660

Tropical livestock unit

0.101**

0.023

Storage

0.051***

0.000

Land Size

0.001

0.125

Constant

0.383

0.000

Number of observation = 420

  

F(17, 504) = 8.07

  

Prob > F = 0.000

  

R-squared = 0.2139

  
  1. *Significant 10%
  2. **Significant 5%
  3. ***Significant 1%