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Table 6 Endogenous switching for FSF adoption and animal sale market participation

From: Does it pay to switch from free grazing to stall feeding? Impact of stall feeding practice on household welfare in Tigrai Ethiopia

Variables

(FSF = 1)

(FSF = 0)

(FSF = 1/0)

participation

Participation

Selection

Distance to market (walking minutes)

0.000197 (0.00180)

0.00262* (0.00137)

− 0.000370 (0.00126)

Distance to nearest road (walking minutes)

0.00186 (0.00260)

0.000615 (0.00193)

− 0.00338* (0.00187)

Population density (ratio)

− 0.000125 (0.000117)

− 0.000142* (8.17e-05)

0.000109 (8.21e-05)

Household head age (year)

0.00356 (0.00587)

0.00432 (0.00543)

− 0.00853 (0.00523)

Household head sex (male = 1)

− 0.281 (0.239)

0.0124 (0.204)

0.563*** (0.174)

Family size (number)

0.00752 (0.0386)

0.0950*** (0.0340)

0.00707 (0.0283)

Household head education (literate = 1)

0.111 (0.172)

− 0.0786 (0.153)

− 0.0407 (0.137)

Total oxen number

− 0.0289 (0.0540)

− 0.118** (0.0572)

0.0218 (0.0440)

Total cow number

0.130* (0.0718)

0.0595 (0.0547)

− 0.00641 (0.0458)

Farm size (ha)

0.101 (0.114)

− 0.0839 (0.0965)

0.0646 (0.0629)

Breed cow possession (yes = 1)

− 1.028*** (0.326)

0.0187 (0.868)

1.849*** (0.334)

Information access (TV, radio, and mobile = 1)

− 0.166 (0.190)

− 0.196 (0.216)

0.423*** (0.164)

Mean milk price (ETB)

− 0.000983 (0.00306)

− 0.000483 (0.00210)

− 0.000862 (0.00280)

Social network (got assistance = 1)

− 1.48e-06 (1.71e-05)

− 1.34e-05 (1.72e-05)

1.38e-05 (1.63e-05)

Access to formal credit (yes = 1)

− 0.0837 (0.192)

0.0857 (0.168)

0.0689 (0.144)

Province 1 (Southern)

1.106** (0.439)

0.439 (0.362)

− 1.383*** (0.300)

Province 2 (Eastern)

− 0.127 (0.268)

− 0.0886 (0.288)

− 0.459* (0.279)

Province 3 (Central)

− 0.146 (0.267)

− 0.150 (0.463)

0.510* (0.265)

Province 4 (North west)

0.502* (0.277)

0.189 (0.275)

− 0.580*** (0.221)

Location of household (highland = 1)

0.601* (0.339)

0.613** (0.310)

− 0.585** (0.296)

Animal shock experience (yes = 1)

− 0.527*** (0.197)

− 0.120 (0.211)

0.435*** (0.159)

Distance to free grazing land (walking minute)

  

0.00515*** (0.00152)

Exposure of SF (years)

  

0.214*** (0.0504)

Constant

0.698 (0.467)

− 0.899* (0.503)

− 1.356*** (0.506)

rho1, rho0

− 14.19 (1.550)***

− 0.625 (0.519)

 

LR test of indep. eqns (PV

 

0.0005

 

Observations

518

518

518

  1. P values are for slopes: ***P < 0.01, **P < 0.05, and *P < 0.10 = significant at 1%, 5%, and 10% probability level, respectively