Table 4.

Correlation of the farmers’ characteristics and adoption of some CSA Practices.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1	Household size	1	-.060	.176∗	-.014	.089	-.107	-.137	.021	.143∗	-.236∗∗	.028	.171∗	-.095	.297∗∗	.211∗∗
2	Education level	-.060	1	-.286∗∗	.002	.098	-.019	.168∗	.085	-.089	.004	-.156∗	.092	.047	.205∗∗	.114
3	Farming experience	.176∗	-.286∗∗	1	-.027	-.160∗	-.071	.031	-.297∗∗	.061	.090	.057	-.186∗∗	-.134	-.190∗∗	-.234∗∗
4	Social group	-.014	.002	-.027	1	.058	.030	.079	.166∗	.105	.148∗	.078	.110	.045	-.113	-.004
5	Monthly income	.089	.098	-.160∗	.058	1	-.084	-.202∗∗	.214∗∗	-.055	-.127	.000	.096	.092	.314∗∗	.354∗∗
6	Agric. extension	-.107	-.019	-.071	.030	-.084	1	.057	.108	.089	.145∗	-.053	-.109	.004	-.158∗	-.138
7	Weather & climate	-.137	.168∗	.031	.079	-.202∗∗	.057	1	-.022	-.115	.286∗∗	-.042	.015	.009	-.147∗	-.173∗
8	Access to credit	.021	.085	-.297∗∗	.166∗	.214∗∗	.108	-.022	1	.029	-.153∗	.090	.228∗∗	.279∗∗	.251∗∗	.429∗∗
9	Perception in C.C	.143∗	-.089	.061	.105	-.055	.089	-.115	.029	1	-.084	.046	.135	-.039	.220∗∗	.172∗
10	crop varieties	-.236∗∗	.004	.090	.148∗	-.127	.145∗	.286∗∗	-.153∗	-.084	1	.132	-.069	.009	-.340∗∗	-.359∗∗
11	Crop diversification	.028	-.156∗	.057	.078	.000	-.053	-.042	.090	.046	.132	1	.060	.078	-.118	.082
12	Mixed cropping	.171∗	.092	-.186∗∗	.110	.096	-.109	.015	.228∗∗	.135	-.069	.060	1	.144∗	.299∗∗	.264∗∗
13	Planting time	-.095	.047	-.134	.045	.092	.004	.009	.279∗∗	-.039	.009	.078	.144∗	1	.061	.127
14	Use of Manure	.297∗∗	.205∗∗	-.190∗∗	-.113	.314∗∗	-.158∗	-.147∗	.251∗∗	.220∗∗	-.340∗∗	-.118	.299∗∗	.061	1	.560∗∗
15	Soil conservation	.211∗∗	.114	-.234∗∗	-.004	.354∗∗	-.138	-.173	.429∗∗	.172∗	-.359	0.082	.264∗∗	.127	.560∗∗	1

∗Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

∗∗Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).