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Table 17 Conditional marginal effects, calculated at the mean assuming that all other dependent variables are one

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)

0.042 (0.144)

− 0.014 (0.13)

0.2* (0.115)

− 0.108 (0.069)

0.053 (0.077)

Age (years)

− 0.004 (0.004)

0.005 (0.003)

− 0.002 (0.002)

0.003 (0.002)

− 0.003 (0.002)

Rice experience

0.005 (0.005)

0.002 (0.006)

0.002 (0.004)

− 0.005 (0.004)

0 (0.003)

Family size (number)

− 0.02 (0.019)

− 0.015 (0.018)

− 0.004 (0.013)

0.003 (0.013)

0.026** (0.011)

Education

0.034* (0.018)

0.013 (0.017)

0.01 (0.014)

− 0.014 (0.014)

0.012 (0.013)

Credit received

0.009 (0.073)

0.065 (0.07)

− 0.079 (0.063)

− 0.062 (0.055)

− 0.032 (0.048)

Irrigation access

− 0.018 (0.07)

− 0.005 (0.068)

0.012 (0.046)

0.032 (0.046)

− 0.088** (0.042)

Mobile

0.128* (0.077)

0.034 (0.08)

− 0.082 (0.054)

0.037 (0.053)

− 0.052 (0.045)

Radio

0.073 (0.068)

− 0.035 (0.075)

0.032 (0.059)

− 0.018 (0.057)

− 0.011 (0.046)

Extension contact

0.004* (0.003)

0.001 (0.003)

− 0.003 (0.002)

0.002 (0.002)

− 0.001 (0.002)

Non Off farm

− 0.03 (0.07)

0.156** (0.073)

− 0.001 (0.055)

− 0.161*** (0.062)

0.029 (0.046)

Rice Area

− 0.02 (0.182)

− 0.399** (0.187)

− 0.283* (0.152)

− 0.153 (0.156)

− 0.011 (0.12)

Plot distance

− 0.043** (0.02)

0.016 (0.02)

− 0.01 (0.013)

0.032** (0.013)

0.003 (0.011)

Soil fertility

0.054 (0.058)

− 0.129** (0.058)

− 0.036 (0.04)

0.086** (0.038)

− 0.04 (0.036)

Crop rotation

− 0.054 (0.072)

0.081 (0.079)

− 0.133** (0.064)

0.088* (0.052)

0.043 (0.047)

Livestock ownership

0.073 (0.046)

− 0.019 (0.045)

0.024 (0.036)

0.028 (0.035)

− 0.038 (0.027)

Cultivated land

− 0.019 (0.072)

0.051 (0.068)

− 0.16*** (0.055)

0.073 (0.048)

− 0.152*** (0.044)

Social capital

0.113 (0.151)

0.232 (0.145)

− 0.222** (0.113)

0.199* (0.12)

0.008 (0.098)

Rice ecosystem

− 0.145 (0.097)

0.214*** (0.074)

− 0.076 (0.056)

− 0.002 (0.048)

− 0.06 (0.048)

Market distance

− 0.001 (0.001)

− 0.001 (0.001)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Rice Income

0.001 (0.001)

0.003*** (0.001)

0.001* (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

0.002** (0.001)

Cooperative membership

0.059 (0.069)

− 0.123** (0.069)

0.024 (0.053)

0.032 (0.05)

0.009 (0.041)

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