TABLE 3.
Marginal effects from the multinomial logit climate change adaptation model.
| Explanatory variable | Terracing for soil & water conservation | Fertiliser application | Income diversification | Livestock diversification | Changing planting date | Crop diversification with improved variety | No adaptation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dy/dx | s.e. | dy/dx | s.e. | dy/dx | s.e. | dy/dx | s.e. | dy/dx | s.e. | dy/dx | s.e. | dy/dx | s.e. | |
| Demographic | ||||||||||||||
| Gender | −0.0159 | 0.0626 | 0.0928 | 0.0688 | −0.0310 | 0.0223 | 0.0466 | 0.0470 | −0.0861 | 0.0598 | 0.0356 | 0.0386 | −0.0419 | 0.0348 | 
| Age | 0.0145* | 0.0076 | −0.0007 | 0.0030 | −0.0163** | 0.0076 | 0.0014 | 0.0021 | 0.0130*** | 0.0026 | 0.0067** | 0.0030 | −0.0051 | 0.0033 | 
| Family size | −0.0592 | 0.0415 | −0.0026 | 0.0338 | −0.0157 | 0.0201 | −0.0111 | 0.0183 | 0.0220 | 0.0275 | −0.0046 | 0.0308 | −0.0714** | 0.0320 | 
| Human capital | ||||||||||||||
| Education | 0.0148 | 0.0381 | −0.0581* | 0.0212 | −0.0507 | 0.0312 | 0.0031 | 0.0184 | 0.0575** | 0.0272 | 0.1671*** | 0.0435 | −0.0287 | 0.0184 | 
| Assets and income | ||||||||||||||
| Farm size | 0.2574 | 0.2178 | 0.2061 | 0.1699 | 0.2343 | 0.1631 | 0.0647 | 0.1100 | −0.1947 | 0.1327 | 0.3103** | 0.1241 | 0.0304 | 0.1249 | 
| Livestock holding | 0.12547*** | 0.0302 | 0.0083 | 0.01975 | 0.0346*** | 0.0114 | 0.0485** | 0.0238 | 0.0168 | 0.0191 | 0.0041 | 0.0182 | 0.0821 | 0.0404 | 
| Income | 8.8444 | 0.00002 | 0.00002*** | 8.8222 | 0.00005** | 0.00002 | −4.5444 | 0.5888 | 0.00002*** | 7.7555 | 0.00002*** | 9.0111 | −0.00001** | 0000 | 
| Public access | ||||||||||||||
| Access to market | 0.0110 | 0.0738 | 0.0441 | 0.0611 | −0.0298 | 0.0449 | −0.0234 | 0.0347 | 0.0103 | 0.0467 | −0.01291** | 0.0440 | 0.0168 | 0.0472 | 
| Climate information | 0.1102* | 0.0629 | 0.0181 | 0.0628 | 0.0780*** | 0.0252 | 0.0079 | 0.0472 | 0.0804 | 0.0552 | −0.0319 | 0.0479 | −0.0423 | 0.0497 | 
| Extension access | 0.1494* | 0.0887 | −0.0780 | 0.0714 | 0.0064 | 0.0753 | 0.029819 | 0.0855 | 0.0672 | 0.0797 | 0.1192*** | 0.0462 | 0.0047 | 0.0444 | 
| Agroecological zonation | ||||||||||||||
| Midland | 0.1185*** | 0.0802 | 0.0760 | 0.0909 | −0.0845** | 0.0375 | 0.0229 | 0.0562 | 0.0142 | 0.0927 | −0.0902*** | 0.0327 | 0.0430 | 0.0330 | 
| Highland | 0.3793*** | 0.0777 | −0.1146* | 0.0588 | −0.0874*** | 0.0338 | −0.0108 | 0.0407 | −0.2003*** | 0.0580 | −0.0256 | 0.0560 | 0.0596* | 0.0317 | 
dy/dx, marginal effect; s.e., standard error.
, indicates significant at 1%, 5% and 10% probability level, respectively.