Table 1 Definition of variables
Variable | Definition/measurement | Sign |
|---|---|---|
Output | Natural log of rice output (measured in 100 kg bags) | + |
Age | The total number of years from birth | + |
Sex | Dummy: 1 for male, 0 if otherwise | + |
HH head | Dummy: 1 for household head, 0 if otherwise | + |
Education | Number of years spent in formal schooling | + |
Commercial | Dummy: 1 if farmer produces for commercial purpose, 0 if otherwise | + |
Experience | The total number of years a farmer has been cultivating rice. | + |
Region | Dummy: 1 for a farmer in Northern Region, 0 for a farmer in Upper East Region | +/− |
FBO | Dummy: 1 for if the farmer belongs to a farmer group, 0 if otherwise | + |
Research/extension | Dummy: 1 for access to research/extension service, 0 if otherwise | + |
Credit | Dummy: 1 for access to credit in the last growing season, 0 if otherwise. | + |
Training | Dummy: 1 if farmer had access to trainings last season, 0 if otherwise. | −/+ |
CC perception | Dummy: 1 for farmers who perceived that rainfall was reducing with rising temperatures, 0 if otherwise | +/− |
HH size | Total number of people in housing unit that feed from the same source | +/− |
Farm size | Natural log of farm size (measured in the acres of land under rice production) | + |
Herbicides | Natural log of quantity of herbicides (measured in litres) used | + |
Fertilizer | Natural log of total quantity of fertilizer (measured in kg) | + |
Seed | Natural log of quantity of improved seed (measured in kg) | + |
Labour | Natural log of total number of persons available that worked on the farmers field during the farming season | – |