Economics of contracts in African food systems: evidence from the malt barley sector in Ethiopia

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 2 Determinants of farmers’ decision to participate in CFA

CFA participation	Coefficient	Std. error	z	P > \|z\|
Age	−0.006	0.036	−0.18	0.855
Family size	−0.004	0.116	−0.04	0.968
Family active labor	−0.086	0.182	−0.48	0.634
Education	0.144	0.058	2.48	0.013**
Farm size	0.008	0.110	0.07	0.942
Malt barley area	0.331	0.313	1.06	0.290
Farming experience	0.051	0.033	1.51	0.130
Total livestock	0.006	0.013	0.47	0.638
Share of off-farm income	−0.041	0.019	−2.16	0.031**
Distance to markets	−0.392	0.067	−5.82	0.000***
Mobile ownership	1.287	0.441	2.91	0.004***
Credit received from microfinance	1.283	0.499	2.57	0.010***
Extension contact	1.179	0.347	3.40	0.001***
_cons	−0.589	1.352	−0.44	0.663
Summary statistics
Pseudo R² = 0.359	Percentage of correct prediction = 77.95%
Model χ² = 124.65***	Number of observations = 254
Log likelihood = −110.883