Agroecology Is Affecting Village Chicken Producers’ Breeding Objective in Ethiopia

Table 8

Effect of determinant variables on farmers’ trait preference.

Source	Dependent variable	SS	df	MS	F	Sig.
Agroecology (AGRECO)	Adaptive	0.345	2	0.172	1.022	0.361
	Economic	1.526	2	0.763	4.204	0.016
	Reproductive	0.198	2	0.099	1.461	0.234
Age (AGE)	Adaptive	0.132	3	0.044	0.261	0.853
	Economic	0.723	3	0.241	1.328	0.266
	Reproductive	0.489	3	0.163	2.398	0.068
Gender (GEN)	Adaptive	0.041	1	0.041	0.244	0.622
	Economic	0.006	1	0.006	0.034	0.854
	Reproductive	0.008	1	0.008	0.124	0.725
Education (EDU)	Adaptive	1.103	3	0.368	2.180	0.091
	Economic	0.880	3	0.293	1.617	0.186
	Reproductive	0.428	3	0.143	2.098	0.101
Chicken population (CHPO)	Adaptive	0.756	2	0.378	2.241	0.108
	Economic	0.013	2	0.006	0.035	0.965
	Reproductive	0.102	2	0.051	0.748	0.475
Livestock holding in TLU (LHO)	Adaptive	10.681	71	0.150	0.892	0.712
	Economic	17.677	71	0.249	1.372	0.040
	Reproductive	5.119	71	0.072	1.062	0.362
Land size (LAND)	Adaptive	3.498	18	0.194	1.152	0.302
	Economic	3.661	18	0.203	1.121	0.332
	Reproductive	2.208	18	0.123	1.806	0.025
Distance to market (DISTMKT)	Adaptive	1.491	2	0.746	4.422	0.013
	Economic	0.924	2	0.462	2.544	0.080
	Reproductive	0.303	2	0.152	2.233	0.109
Veterinary service (VETSER)	Adaptive	0.039	1	0.039	0.230	0.632
	Economic	0.126	1	0.126	0.696	0.405
	Reproductive	0.028	1	0.028	0.410	0.523
Error	Adaptive	44.016	261	0.169
	Economic	47.369	261	0.181
	Reproductive	17.725	261	0.068
Total	Adaptive	290.000	380
	Economic	206.000	380
	Reproductive	29.000	380
Corrected total	Adaptive	68.684	379
	Economic	94.326	379
	Reproductive	26.787	379
(a) R squared = 0.359 (adjusted R squared = 0.069)
(b) R squared = 0.498 (adjusted R squared = 0.271)
(c) R squared = 0.338 (adjusted R squared = 0.039)

df: degree of freedom; MS: mean square; SS: sum of squares; represents .