Table 5.

Probit result on the factors influencing pesticide use among cocoa farmers

Source: Author’s computation (2015)

Variables	Coefficient	Robust Std. Err.	P value	Marginal effect
Gender	0.681	0.298	0.022**	0.046
Age	−0.097	0.022	0.000***	−0.004
Educational level	0.371	0.146	0.011**	0.014
Farming experience	0.115	0.016	0.000***	0.004
Membership of FBO	0.233	0.304	0.443	0.008
Access to extension	−0.824	0.387	0.033**	−0.021
Availability of agrochemical shop	−0.988	0.300	0.001***	−0.061
Access to credit	0.758	0.309	0.014**	0.044
Cocoa income	0.497	0.340	0.144	0.019
Constant	−2.551	3.518	0.468	–

Diagnostic statistic	Value
Log pseudo likelihood	−61.132
Wald chi2	76.15
Prob > chi2	0.000
Pseudo R2	0.397

*** and ** represent 1 and 5 % significance level respectively