Research Article

Assessment of Status of Climate Change and Determinants of People’s Awareness to Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Case of Sarlahi District, Nepal

Table 1

Details of parameters used in the binary logit regression model.

VariablesTypeDetailsCode usedAverage

Dependent variable
Aware about climate-smart agriculture (CSA)DummyFarmers are aware about CSA1 = aware
0 = unaware
0.41

Explanatory variable
GenderDummySex of respondent1 = male, 0 = female0.62
AgeContinuousAge of respondentYears48.03
Number of members in familyContinuousSize of familyNumber of people living in a family5.7
Land holding (Kattha)ContinuousLand under cultivationArea of land20.17
Schooling yearsContinuousEducation levelSchooling year4.2
Economically active populationContinuousEmployed members in a familyNumber of members in a family employed2.29
Involvement with cooperativesDummyMember of cooperatives in study area1 = yes, 0 = no0.48
Contact with extension workerDummyFarmers contact with extension worker1 = yes, 0 = no0.52
Trainings related to climate changeDummyParticipated in training or not1 = participated, 0 = not participated0.11