Table 2 Poisson and NB model results

Age

− 0.008^***

− 0.009^***

(0.002)

(0.00269)

Female

− 0.170^***

− 0.172^*

(0.058)

(0.0910)

Married

0.075

0.0928

(0.063)

(0.0984)

Muslim

− 0.102^*

− 0.103

(0.056)

(0.0844)

Household Size

0.027^***

0.0309^**

(0.007)

(0.0126)

Years of schooling

0.022^***

0.0286^***

(0.005)

(0.00871)

Farming experience

0.011^***

0.0115^***

(0.002)

(0.00285)

HDDS

0.041^***

0.0476^***

(0.009)

(0.0141)

Log of Household Economic Resources

0.051^***

0.0590^***

(0.009)

(0.0123)

Log of Cropland Size

0.034

− 0.0183

(0.040)

(0.0669)

Loan Access

0.045

0.0780

(0.045)

(0.0763)

Off-Farm Employment

− 0.002

− 0.00512

(0.051)

(0.0772)

Communication Tools

0.308^***

0.277^***

(0.045)

(0.0683)

Lead Farmer

0.445^***

0.472^***

(0.043)

(0.0743)

Livestock

0.219^***

0.170^**

(0.047)

(0.0682)

Tree

0.364^***

0.399^***

(0.035)

(0.0581)

Maize

0.265^***

0.247^**

(0.087)

(0.123)

Cereal

− 0.165^***

− 0.164^*

(0.060)

(0.0938)

Tuber

0.064

0.0364

(0.050)

(0.0885)

Bean

0.199^***

0.223^***

(0.037)

(0.0574)

Groundnut

0.066^*

0.0663

(0.037)

(0.0616)

Vegetable

0.119^**

0.123

(0.049)

(0.0830)

Tobacco

− 0.015

0.0585

(0.057)

(0.0950)

Risk-Averse

− 0.101^***

− 0.110^*

(0.039)

(0.0611)

Farmer Organization

0.110^***

0.123^***

(0.022)

(0.0419)

Difficulty in Accessing Fertilizer

− 0.050^***

− 0.0524^*

(0.016)

(0.0271)

Market

− 0.040

− 0.0542

(0.035)

(0.0570)

Log of Distance to Paved Roads

− 0.175^***

− 0.186^***

(0.018)

(0.0297)

Number of extension agents

0.107^***

0.113^***

(0.020)

(0.0374)

Number of Agricultural Projects

− 0.007

− 0.00597

(0.011)

(0.0178)

Number of Demonstration Plots and Farm Trials

0.053^***

0.0491^***

(0.007)

(0.0131)

Feed the future zone of influence

0.501^***

0.484^***

(0.044)

(0.0683)

South Region

− 0.345^***

− 0.382^***

(0.077)

(0.128)

Central Region

− 0.312^***

− 0.409^***

(0.076)

(0.127)

Constant

− 1.203^***

− 1.147^***

(0.186)

(0.292)

\(\upgamma\)

− 0.154^**

(0.067)

Observations

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