Sustainable Agricultural Management of Land Using Technology for Soil and Water Conservation within the Central Rift Valley, Central Ethiopia

Table 9

Factors that determine techniques for soil and water conservation.

Variables	F	Percentage	Cumulative percent	Chi-square value (χ2)	-value
Age	27	8.1	8.1	11.400
Sex	16	4.8	13.0	14.705
Educational status	74	22.3	35.2	23.689
Household size	36	10.8	46.1	36.950
Landholding size	38	11.4	57.5	3.541
Distance from the farm	22	6.6	64.2	35.733
Topography	53	16.0	80.1	100.454
Income	43	13	93.1	31.905
Continuous training	23	6.9	100.0	24.591

Note: Gender, age, education, household size, landholding size, and distance from homestead, topography, income, and training are explanatory variables, while techniques for soil and water conservation are a dependent variable.