Adoption and Impact of the Maize Hybrid on the Livelihood of the Maize Growers: Some Policy Insights from Pakistan

Table 5

Farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for hybrid maize seed (ordered probit estimates).

	Rank 1 (PKR 2000–3000)		Rank 2 (PKR 3000–4000)		Rank 3 (PKR 4000–5000)		Rank 4 (PKR >5000)
Variable	Coef	t-value	Coef	t-value	Coef	t-value	Coef	t-value
Farmer status	0.01	2.89	0.02	2.13	0.04	2.16	0.06	2.82
Age of the farmer	0.02	1.83	–0.01	–2.19	–0.03	–2.00	–0.05	–2.35
Education	0.02	2.90	0.03	1.80	0.05	1.92	0.03	2.13
Family system	0.03	2.11	0.03	1.61	0.01	1.35	0.02	2.08
Marital status	–0.04	–0.80	–0.02	–1.25	–0.02	–1.39	0.03	1.44
Own land	0.01	1.75	0.02	1.66	0.05	1.91	0.04	1.67
Family size	0.07	1.44	0.04	1.39	0.02	1.42	0.06	1.50
Metal road	0.03	1.20	0.02	1.35	0.02	1.46	0.02	1.25
Agri. extension	0.04	1.40	0.03	1.53	0.04	1.27	0.04	1.63
Tractor ownership	0.01	2.36	0.05	2.77	0.01	1.99	0.01	2.73
Car ownership	0.05	1.52	0.03	1.91	0.03	1.74	0.04	2.11
Televisin ownership	0.03	1.48	0.02	1.75	0.04	1.66	0.03	1.53
Punjab	0.04	2.87	0.03	2.53	0.02	1.55	0.03	1.58
Sindh	0.01	1.56	0.02	1.47	0.03	1.59	0.01	1.27
KP	0.03	1.72	0.03	1.62	0.01	1.42	0.03	1.28
Constant	0.03	1.68	0.02	1.44	0.02	1.53	0.03	1.36
R-square	26.31
	155.64
Prob >	0.000
Total number of observations	822

Note. Results are significant at , , 1, 5 and 10 percent levels of significance.