Table 2.

Summary Hypothesize definition of dependent and independent variables.

Variables	Type	Description	Expected sign
Dependent Variables
Market participation decision	Dummy	A binary variable indicating who participate in the market and it takes the value of 1 otherwise, 0
The volume of enset product marketed	Continuous	The total amount of enset product marketed in kg
Independent Variables
Years of experiences	Continuous	Years of experience in several years	+
Sex of household	Dummy	1 if the household head is male and 0 otherwise	+/-
Education level	Continuous	Level of education completed in years of the household head	+
Household size	Continuous	Number of people in the household
Livestock ownership	Continuous	The number of livestock owned by the household	+/-
Land under enset	Continuous	Total land size of enset owned by the household	+
Extension ​contact frequency	Continuous	Frequency of the extension visit of the farm households	+
Credit utilization	Dummy	1 if the household has access to credit; otherwise.	+
Market inform Access	Dummy	1 if a farmer has market information and 0 otherwise.	+
Access to training	Dummy	“1” for having access and “0” otherwise	+
Perception of price	Dummy	1 if relatively attractive and 0 if otherwise	+/−
Market distance	Continuous	Distance from the household's residence to the nearest market.	-
Quantity produced Non/off-farm income	Continuous Continuous	Quantity produced (kg) ETB	+ −/+

Source: own assumption, (2019/20).