From: Nonfarm activity and market participation by farmers in Ghana
Variable | Purchased | Productivity | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fertiliser | Seed | Insecticide | Herbicide | ||
Age of household head | − 0.002 | − 0.001 | − 0.002 | − 0.002 | − 4.064** |
Average age of household | 0.000 | − 0.002 | − 0.000 | − 0.001 | 2.968 |
Sex of household head | 0.185*** | 0.016 | 0.232*** | 0.281*** | 42.795 |
Years of education of head | 0.004 | 0.020*** | 0.010 | 0.008 | − 1.135 |
Area of residence | 0.279** | 0.145 | 0.136 | 0.022 | 184.058 |
Farm size in hectares | 0.001 | − 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.003 | − 7.056** |
Price/kg | − 0.012** | 0.044*** | − 0.001 | − 0.009 | 30.940*** |
Extension office in community | 0.134** | − 0.049 | − 0.055 | − 0.045 | − 145.681* |
Agricultural wage | − 0.004 | 0.032*** | − 0.017*** | − 0.005 | − 7.557 |
Ecological zone (base: Coastal): | |||||
Forest | 0.041 | 0.038 | 0.437*** | 0.467*** | − 692.044*** |
Savannah | 0.907*** | − 0.084 | 0.527*** | 0.405*** | − 1050.413*** |
Adult equivalent scale | 0.012 | 0.022* | − 0.004 | 0.007 | 52.189*** |
Market in community | − 0.169*** | 0.078 | − 0.029 | − 0.049 | 78.725 |
Navigable road to community | 0.336*** | − 0.101 | 0.338*** | 0.453*** | − 4.114 |
Public transport availability | − 0.137*** | − 0.012 | − 0.052 | − 0.024 | 148.564** |
Ownership of radio | 0.135*** | 0.049 | 0.081* | 0.062 | − 68.140 |
Bank in this community | − 0.148 | 0.209** | − 0.100 | − 0.051 | − 90.835 |
Nonfarm engagement | 0.603*** | 0.446** | 0.722*** | 0.871*** | 193.277*** |
Nonfarm engagement residual | − 0.345*** | − 0.037 | − 0.425*** | − 0.468*** | 431.117*** |
Control for regional dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Constant | − 1.507*** | − 1.654*** | − 1.982*** | − 2.283*** | 1194.627*** |
Observations | 4915 | 4915 | 4915 | 4915 | 4915 |
LR Chi2 | 538.10*** | 314.22*** | 101.87*** | 105.44*** | |
F-value | 58.47*** | ||||
Pseudo R2/R2 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.18 |
Log likelihood | − 3090.44 | − 2247.33 | − 2220.31 | − 1772.91 |