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Table 16 Conditional marginal effects, calculated at the mean assuming that all other dependent variables are zero

From: Adoption of improved rice technologies in major rice producing areas of Ethiopia: a multivariate probit approach

Variables

Certified Seed

Row planting

Urea recommendation

DAP recommendation

Weeding recommendation

Gender (male)

0.015 (0.038)

− 0.001 (0.04)

0.131*** (0.051)

− 0.112 (0.088)

0.077 (0.084)

Age (years)

− 0.001 (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

− 0.002 (0.002)

0.003 (0.002)

− 0.004 (0.002)

Rice experience

0.002 (0.002)

0.001 (0.002)

0.002 (0.003)

− 0.004 (0.003)

0 (0.004)

Family size (number)

− 0.008 (0.006)

− 0.006 (0.006)

− 0.006 (0.011)

0 (0.011)

0.031** (0.014)

Education

0.012** (0.006)

0.006 (0.006)

0.012 (0.011)

− 0.01 (0.011)

0.02 (0.015)

Credit received

0.006 (0.024)

0.023 (0.026)

− 0.061 (0.044)

− 0.046 (0.042)

− 0.04 (0.058)

Irrigation access

− 0.005 (0.022)

− 0.002 (0.021)

0.011 (0.039)

0.03 (0.04)

− 0.113** (0.049)

Mobile

0.045* (0.023)

0.018 (0.025)

− 0.057 (0.047)

0.04 (0.044)

− 0.055 (0.059)

Radio

0.025 (0.026)

− 0.008 (0.023)

0.033 (0.053)

− 0.019 (0.046)

− 0.009 (0.059)

Extension contact

0.002* (0.001)

0 (0.001)

− 0.002 (0.002)

0.002 (0.002)

− 0.001 (0.002)

Non Off farm

− 0.004 (0.022)

0.057* (0.034)

− 0.006 (0.044)

− 0.109*** (0.038)

0.04 (0.062)

Rice area

− 0.031 (0.062)

− 0.136** (0.069)

− 0.257** (0.122)

− 0.194 (0.121)

− 0.043 (0.147)

Plot distance

− 0.014** (0.007)

0.003 (0.006)

− 0.012 (0.011)

0.03*** (0.011)

0.001 (0.014)

Soil fertility

0.012 (0.018)

− 0.039** (0.019)

− 0.027 (0.033)

0.062* (0.032)

− 0.054 (0.044)

Crop rotation

− 0.015 (0.022)

0.025 (0.029)

− 0.109** (0.045)

0.089* (0.05)

0.053 (0.062)

Livestock ownership

0.025 (0.016)

− 0.002 (0.014)

0.028 (0.03)

0.026 (0.029)

− 0.042 (0.034)

Cultivated land

− 0.002 (0.024)

0.017 (0.022)

− 0.132*** (0.044)

0.071* (0.039)

− 0.2*** (0.048)

Social capital

0.05 (0.05)

0.084*(0.049)

− 0.172* (0.096)

0.208** (0.097)

0.032 (0.122)

Rice ecosystem

− 0.038 (0.031)

0.064*** (0.024)

− 0.071 (0.045)

0.022 (0.04)

− 0.082 (0.056)

Market distance

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

Rice income

0.001 (0)

0.001*** (0)

0.001** (0.001)

0.001* (0.001)

0.002*** (0.001)

Cooperative membership

0.014 (0.022)

− 0.038 (0.024)

0.023 (0.043)

0.015 (0.042)

0.012 (0.052)

  1. Figures in parenthesis are standard errors
  2. *** Significant at 1%, ** Significant at 5%, * Significant at 10%
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