Table 3 The factors that affect farmers’ net revenue per acre in the study area
Independent variable | Non-users (n = 401) | Improved rice variety only | Fert Fertilizer only | Improved variety plus fertilizer combination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coeff (std err) | Coeff (std err) | Coeff (std err) | Coeff (std err) | |
Gender | −0.4594 (0.2952) | −0.3326 (0.3811) | −0.5861* (0.3330) | −0.4512* (0.2498) |
Ln_Age | 0.0679 (0.0892) | −0.1938*** (0.0565) | −0.1717* (0.0878) | −0.0592* (0.0397) |
Ln_Adult_size | 0.6624*** (0.1894) | 0.7917*** (0.2026) | 0.8466*** (0.2321) | 1.0201*** (0.0955) |
Ln_Farm_Size | 0.0984** (0.0420) | 0.1863*** (0.0561) | 0.1146* (0.0671) | 0.0747** (0.0338) |
Land_Ownership | 0.7675*** (0.2180) | −0.1535 (0.1831) | −0.0968 (0.2577) | −0.0234 (0.0921) |
Attend_Training_Prog | −0.0457 (0.1611) | 0.2033* (0.1491) | 0.0877 (0.1607) | 0.0006 (0.0783) |
Ln_seed_cost | −0.0068 (0.0214) | −0.0235 (0.0110) | −0.0250 (0.0238) | −0.0237** (0.0096) |
Ln_TLU | 0.0016 (0.0372) | −0.0171 (0.0210) | 0.0352 (0.0270) | 0.0099 (0.0144) |
Ln_other_crop_income | −0.0056 (0.0223) | 0.0085 (0.0363) | 0.1358*** (0.0476) | 0.0573* (0.0347) |
Ln_Infants_cent | −0.0778 (0.1332) | −0.1634** (0.0782) | −0.1245* (0.0859) | −0.0887*** (0.0333) |
Location | 0.2824 (0.2456) | 0.2795 (0.2222) | 0.0710 (0.2040) | 0.2615** (0.1117) |
Mills0 | 0.1798** (0.0758) | 0.0007 (0.0073) | −0.0001 (0.0066) | 0.0005 (0.0028) |
Mills1 | −0.0096 (0.0131) | 0.0020 (0.0101) | 0.0015 (0.0151) | −0.0048 (0.0051) |
Mills2 | 0.0072 (0.0134) | −0.0073 (0.0114) | −0.0030 (0.0120) | 0.0103 (0.0054) |
Mills3 | 0.0077 (0.0099) | 0.0150 (0.0119) | −0.0006 (0.0076) | 0.0064 (0.0075) |
Constant | 12.9685* (7.8474) | 15.2192** (6.2244) | 7.2933* (3.7873) | 7.9742*** (1.5134) |
Adj. R-squared | 0.4823 | 0.5867 | 0.6081 | 0.0.6861 |
Wald test for all coefficient | F (20,381) = 2.22*** | F (20,144) = 4.12*** | F (20,81) = 2.78*** | F (20,229) = 2.30*** |
Observation | 401 | 164 | 103 | 249 |