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. 2020 Mar 12;6(3):e03226. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03226

Table 4.

Adoption of SCEPs: Multivariate probit model (MVP) results.

Mulching
Intercropping
Farmyard Manure
Inorganic Fertilizer
Coef. Coef. Coef. Coef.
Plot Size (in acres) 0.01 (0.11) 0.36∗∗∗ (0.08) -0.00 (0.08) 0.51∗∗∗ (0.12)
Distance to Plot -0.00 (0.01) -0.00 (0.00) -0.01∗∗∗ (0.00) 0.03∗∗∗ (0.01)
Fertility Perception 0.39∗ (0.24) -0.10 (0.12) 0.05 (0.12) -0.04 (0.13)
Soil Erosion Perception -0.52 ∗∗∗ (0.18) 0.44∗∗∗ (0.12) -0.09 (0.12) 0.24∗ (0.13)

Slope (Steep = Base Category)
 Plot Slope Moderate -0.45 (0.28) 0.48∗∗∗ (0.18) 0.07 (0.19) 0.53∗∗∗ (0.20)
 Plot Slope Flat -0.06 (0.30) 0.80 (0.21) -0.16 (0.21) 0.53∗∗ (0.23)
HH Farming Experience -0.01∗∗∗ (0.01) -0.00 (0.00) -0.00 (0.00) -0.01∗∗∗ (0.00)
HH Main Occupation -0.28 (0.18) -0.09 (0.12) 0.40∗∗∗ (0.12) -0.00 (0.13)
TLU 0.04∗∗∗ (0.01) -0.01 (0.01) -0.01 (0.01) -0.01 (0.01)
Dependency Ratio 0.15∗∗ (0.07) -0.03 (0.06) 0.01 (0.06) -0.07 (0.06)
Literacy Level 1.71∗∗ (0.87) -0.83∗ (0.45) 0.96∗∗ (0.49) -0.06 (0.47)
Crop Market Participation 0.29 (0.18) -0.32∗∗∗ (0.11) -0.33∗∗∗ (0.11) -0.10 (0.12)
Agricultural Group Membership -0.17 (0.23) 0.37∗∗∗ (0.12) -0.16 (0.12) 0.14 (0.13)
Access Agricultural Loan 0.11 (0.23) -0.06 (0.13) -0.61∗∗∗ (0.14) -0.20 (0.15)
Access Extension -0.14 (0.21) -0.14 (0.12) -0.01 (0.12) 0.11 (0.13)
Distance to Local Market -0.01 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) -0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00)
Wealth Category -0.14 (0.24) -0.10 (0.12) 0.05 (0.12) -0.21 (0.13)

Note: Robust standard error in parenthesis, Statistical significance at ∗p < 0.1, ∗∗p < 0.05, ∗∗∗p < 0.01.

N = 640 (from Sample Size of 334 Households).

Log Pseudo likelihood = -1207.79 Wald Chi-Square (68) = 250.44 ∗∗∗.

Likelihood ratio test of regression interdependence Chi-Square (6) = 96.90∗∗∗.

Coef stands for coefficient…. (this applies in all subsequent tables).