Determinants of the Use of Hermetic Storage Bags for Maize Storage among Smallholder Farmers in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Definition and units of measurement for explanatory variables.

Variables	Type of variable	Definition and its measurements
Age	Continuous	Age of the respondent in years
Sex	Dummy	Sex: male = 1, female = 0
Education	Discrete	Educational levels: illiterate = 1, read and write = 2, elementary school = 3, secondary school and above = 4
Land size	Continuous	Land size under cultivated in hectare
Faming experience	Continuous	Farmers year of experience in maize storage
Quantity of maize stored	Continuous	Quantity of maize stored in quintal
Training	Dummy	Postharvest loss and storage training taken by farmers: yes = 1, no = 0
Access of PICS	Dummy	PICS access to farmers: yes = 1, no = 0
Price of PICS	Discrete	Cost of PICS by farmers view: low = 1, medium = 2, high = 3
Awareness on PICS	Dummy	Awareness of farmers on PICS storage: yes = 1, no = 0
Chemical pesticide effect	Dummy	Understanding the effect of chemical pesticides: yes = 1, no = 0
Annual income	Continuous	Farmers annual income in Ethiopian birr
Extension services	Discrete	Contact of extension agent with farmers: no contact at all = 0, once in a week = 1, once in two weeks = 2, once in three weeks = 3, once in a month = 4, otherwise = 5
Credit access	Dummy	Farmers credit access: yes = 1, no = 0