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Table 7 Effect of NFE on purchased inputs and productivity

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

 
  1. Source: Produced by the authors using the GLSS6 Data; *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01