Determinants of Modern Agricultural Technology Adoption for Teff Production: The Case of Minjar Shenkora Woreda, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Table 5
Multinomial logit coefficients and marginal effect nonadopter is reference or base category.
New agricultural technology adoption choice
Variables
Improved seed
Herbicide
Row planting
IH
IR
IHR
Coef. (SE)
dy/dx
Coef. (SE)
dy/dx
Coef. (SE)
dy/dx
Coef. (SE)
dy/dx
Coef. (SE)
dy/dx
Coef. (SE)
dy/dx
Sex
2.974(1.391)
0.057
0.511 (0.613)
0.086
0.845 (1.024)
0.045
0.679 (1.302)
0.013
13.47(0.766)
0.051
14.29(1.024)
0.071
Age
0.0252 (0.0225)
0.041
0.00270 (0.0193)
0.071
0.0097 (0.0215)
0.031
0.0272 (0.0324)
0.051
0.0167 (0.0323)
0.21
0.082(0.0242)
0.031
Education
0.153 (0.444)
0.013
0.841(0.395)
0.085
0.374 (0.437)
0.021
0.312 (0.635)
0.011
1.680(0.820)
0.035
0.503 (0.663)
0.051
Marital status
0.0597 (0.600)
0.016
0.332 (0.639)
0.035
0.358 (0.828)
0.029
1.392 (1.146)
0.064
13.08(0.681)
0.027
14.27(0.963)
0.010
Off-farm participation
0.396 (0.462)
0.020
0.114 (0.356)
0.012
0.133 (0.434)
0.011
0.632 (0.822)
0.017
0.226 (0.653)
0.041
1.343(0.707)
0.034
Cultivated land size
0.370 (0.259)
0.017
0.249(0.132)
0.035
−0.472(0.216)
−0.034
0.544(0.301)
0.013
0.572(0.302)
0.061
0.686(0.310)
0.024
Distance from market
−0.105(0.0187)
−0.075
−0.0170 (0.0245)
−0.01
−0.0201 (0.0224)
−0.051
−0.0014 (0.0367)
−0.010
−0.0218 (0.0282)
−0.011
−0.0285 (0.0463)
−0.013
Credit
0.883(0.449)
0.043
0.302 (0.367)
0.041
0.156 (0.412)
0.019
0.669 (0.722)
0.017
1.335(0.805)
0.053
0.748 (0.620)
0.023
Extension contact
1.202(0.561)
0.046
0.716 (0.511)
0.051
1.398(0.383)
0.089
1.180(0.500)
0.023
0.961 (0.608)
0.061
0.480 (1.036)
0.021
Tropical livestock unit
0.136(0.0611)
0.017
0.00373 (0.0456)
0.041
0.0813(0.040)
0.026
0.0462 (0.0737)
0.031
0.136(0.0694)
0.061
0.0166 (0.0597)
0.012
Active household
0.412(0.184)
0.016
−0.461(0.145)
−0.043
0.153 (0.199)
0.034
0.342 (0.209)
0.046
0.291 (0.259)
0.021
0.640(0.260)
0.011
Land tenure security
0.0426 (0.454)
0.063
0.359 (0.374)
0.043
0.243 (0.504)
0.020
0.163 (0.660)
0.035
0.872 (0.796)
0.012
0.0105 (0.823)
0.001
Constant
6.14(1.970)
2.427(1.194)
5.02(1.684)
−5.7(1.706)
34.4(2.504)
34.23(2.979)
Note. HI = herbicide + improved seed, IR = improved seed + row planting, IHR = improved seed + herbicide + row planting Robust standard errors in parentheses ,,. Multinomial logistic regression: log pseudolikelihood = -398.58937; the number of obs = 362; Wald chi2(78) = 2175.98; prob > chi2 = 0.001; pseudo R2 = 0.1701.
