Table 3. Probability model, estimating determinants of adoption of DT maize varieties.
Variables | Coefficients | Robust standard errors |
---|---|---|
Household has heard about climate change (1 = yes; 0 = no) | 0.292** | (0.12) |
Household experienced drought in last five years | 0.973**** | (0.16) |
Household experienced heat stress in last five years | −0.001 | (0.13) |
Age of household head | 0.000 | (0.01) |
Gender of household head (1 = female; 0 = male) | −0.194* | (0.11) |
Household head: years of education (years) | 0.085**** | (0.02) |
Household head: experience in agriculture (years) | 0.004 | (0.01) |
Household size | 0.097**** | (0.03) |
Agriculture is the main livelihood. | 0.009 | (0.05) |
Total land endowment of household (acres) | −0.040* | (0.02) |
Total land planted to maize (acres) | 0.002*** | (0.00) |
Total fertilizer used by household (kg) | −0.001 | (0.01) |
Total amount of pesticides used by household | −0.002 | (0.02) |
Total hired labour by household | 0.253 | (0.20) |
Village dummies | ||
Village 2 | −0.527**** | (0.15) |
Village 3 | −0.993**** | (0.28) |
Village 4 | 0.512** | (0.21) |
Village 5 | 0.864**** | (0.21) |
Village 6 | −0.482** | (0.24) |
Village 7 | 0.050 | (0.21) |
Constant | −2.694**** | (0.38) |
Prob > chi2 | 0.000 | |
Number of observation (N) | 788.000 | |
Pseudo R-squared | 0.1757 |
* Significant at 0.10.
** Significant at 0.05.
*** Significant at 0.01%.
**** Significant at 0.001.