Table 4.
Adoption of SCEPs: Multivariate probit model (MVP) results.
| Mulching |
Intercropping |
Farmyard Manure |
Inorganic Fertilizer |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).