Research Article

The Adoption of Bundled Sustainable Farm and Environmental Practices by Coffee Farmers in Southwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Definitions of variables and descriptive statistics.

Dependent variablesNameMeanStd.Dev.

Renovating coffee tree stock (1 = yes; 0 = no)0.410.49
Applying fertilizer (1 = yes; 0 = no)0.330.47
Implementing soil conservation practices (1 = yes; 0 = no)0.240.43
Practicing water management (1 = yes; 0 = no)0.490.5
Explanatory variables

Farm and management characteristic
 Coffee farm size (hectare)Farsize0.570.50
 Farmer has multiple plots (1 = yes; 0 = no)Multplot0.840.36
 Average remoteness of coffee farm from home (minutes)Remot14.4113.06
 Farmer uses hired labor (1 = yes; 0 = no)Hiredlab0.080.27
 Coffee farming experience of farmer (years)Exper11.885.11
Socio-economic characteristic
 Literacy status of farmer (1 = bread and write; 0 = does not bread and write)Literacy0.590.49
 Family size (number)Famsize6.432.85
 Training participation on coffee farm management (1 = yes; 0 = no)Trainingpa0.110.32
Social capital
 Membership of cooperativesMcoop0.290.46
Fairtrade certification
 Farmer has fairtrade coffee certification (1 = yes; 0 = no)Fairtrade0.270.44