Determinants of Organic Fertilizer Adoption in Moretna Jeru District, Northern Ethiopia

Table 2

Comparison between key socio-economic characteristics by adoption category.

Variable name	Adopter (n = 73)		Nonadopter (n = 119)		Chi-squared test
Attribute	Frequency	(%)	Frequency	(%)
Credit access
Yes	12	16.4	75	63.03	39.6
Otherwise	61	83.56	44	36.97
Off-farm income
Yes	29	39.7	49	41.2	0.039^ns
No	44	60.27	70	58.8
Soil fertility
Bad	25	34.3	3	2.5
Medium	41	56.2	83	69.8
Good	7	9.6	33	27.7	39.7
Ownership of land
By title deed	65	89.04	50	42.02	0.148^ns
Ranted land	8	10.96	69	57.98
Gender
Female	17	23.3	28	23.5
Male	56	76.7	91	76.5	0.001^ns

Note. indicates statistically significant differences at a 1% level, and ns implies no significance. Source: survey data (2020/21).