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Table 6 Determinants of intensity of adoption of improved rice varieties: Tobit model

From: Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers’ welfare in rural Nigeria

 

Pooled data (1)

Upland (2)

Lowland (3)

Irrigated (4)

Variable

Coefficient

Coefficient

Coefficient

Coefficient

YIELD

0.0001* (0.000)

0.000 (0.000)

−0.0001 (0.000)

−0.000 (0.000)

SEACES

−0.185 (0.127)

−0.420** (0.203)

−0.333* (0.171)

−0.053 (0.055)

ACREDIT

−0.243* (0.144)

−0.022 (0.129)

−0.353* (0.183)

0.084 (0.059)

AGE2

0.001** (0.000)

0.001* (0.001)

0.001* (0.001)

−0.000 (0.000)

RICINC

0.179* (0.092)

0.355*** (0.093)

0.349** (0.116)

0.100** (0.047)

HSIZE

0.023 (0.015)

−0.012 (0.019)

0.025 (0.021)

−0.005 (0.005)

GNR

0.089 (0.152)

−0.189 (0.324)

0.124 (0.196)

0.048 (0.058)

EXCONT

−0.366** (0.152)

0.315 (0.399)

−0.448** (0.227)

−0.015 (0.036)

NCRI

−1.379*** (0.229)

0.709 (0.635)

−1.481*** (0.306)

−0.067 (0.181)

HOWN

0.864*** (0.247)

0.524 (0.347)

0.747**(0.325)

-

MAIN

−0.033 (0.208)

0.126 (0.214)

0.092 (0.252)

0.105 (0.179)

NTRAIN

−0.062 (0.039)

−0.012 (0.035)

−0.149* (0.081)

0.007 (0.007)

OFFINC

−0.126 (0.213)

0.294 (0.319)

−0.088 (0.269)

-

KANO

0.372** (0.179)

0.764 (0.529)

1.068 (0.839)

-

NIGER

−0.626*** (0.175)

0.508 (0.424)

-

0.088 (0.128)

TRAINB

0.349* (0.186)

0.061 (0.290)

0.718** (.297)

−0.037 (0.043)

AGE

−0.102*** (0.038)

−0.087* (0.049)

−0.120** (0.049)

0.004 (0.018)

MEORG

0.231* (0.129)

0.132 (0.188)

0.253 (0.177)

0.062 (.038)

INOCRP

0.338*** (0.077)

−0.156* (0.088)

0.445*** (0.110)

0.031 (0.034)

TORAREA

−0.021 (.033)

−0.015 (0.045)

−0.028 (0.045)

−0.103*** (0.013

SEDIST

0.017** (0.008)

0.008 (0.011)

0.028* (0.015)

0.001 (0.002)

COSEED

0.008*** (0.002)

0.009*** (0.004)

0.008*** (0.003)

−0.001 (0.002)

EDUB

−0.295** (0.118)

0.093 (0.145)

−0.339** (0.148)

−0.020 (0.072)

FYEXP

0.009 (0.008)

0.016 (0.010)

−0.007 (0.008)

−0.003 (0.002)

CONSTANT

−3.834*** (1.383)

−2.655 (1.643)

−6.131 (1.841)

−0.448 (0.579)

/SIGMA

0.948 (0.039)

0.549 (0.046)

1.118 (0.054)

0.104 (0.008)

NUMBER OF OBSERVATION

514.000

151.000

417.000

90.000

LR CHI2 (24)

279.060

72.640

226.340

91.090

PROB > CHI2

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

PSEUDO R2

0.204

0.239

0.203

0.058

LOG LIKELIHOOD

−543.670

−115.773

−443.737

−74.301

  1. Source: Field survey, 2010. ***, **, and * implies significant at 1 %, 5 %, and 10 % respectively
  2. Note: Figures in Parentheses are the standard error
  3. ME Marginal Effect