Table 4 Drivers of farmers mechanization use (multinomial logistic regression model).
From: Farmer typology and drivers of agricultural mechanization use in Haiti
Farmer and farming characteristics | Cluster 1: Little rain-fed farms | Clusters 2 and 3: Lowlands farms | Cluster 4: Large fragmented mountain farms | Pooled sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimates | Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) | Estimates | Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) | Estimates | Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) | Estimates | Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) | |
Regions | ||||||||
Grande-Anse | − 2.416 | 0.089*** | − 2416 | 0.089*** | − 3.112 | 0.045*** | − 2.110 | 0.121*** |
Artibonite | − 1.376 | 0.253* | − 0.913 | 0.401 | 1.123 | 3.073 | − 0.002 | 0.998 |
Nord | − 0.548 | 0.578 | − 0.075 | 0.928 | 1.760 | 5.813* | 0.167 | 1.182 |
Nord− Est | − 2.041 | 0.130*** | − 1.657 | 0.191*** | 0.122 | 1.130 | − 1.289 | 0.276*** |
Sud = Ref | ||||||||
Gender of the farmer | ||||||||
Female = Ref | ||||||||
Male | − 0.224 | 0.779 | − 0.349 | 0.706 | − 0.95 | 0.387 | − 0.230 | 0.795 |
Age of the farmer | ||||||||
Young (less than 45) = Ref | ||||||||
Mature (45–45) | − 0.484 | 0.616 | 0.179 | 1.196 | 0.208 | 1.231 | 0.047 | 1.048 |
Old (more than 55) | 0.742 | 2.099* | 0.224 | 1.251 | 0.896 | 2.449 | 0.569 | 1.776** |
Livestock | ||||||||
Very few (< 2 UBT) | ||||||||
Few (2–3.6 UBT) | 0.551 | 1.736** | ||||||
Important (> 3.6 UBT) | 0.508 | 1.662* | ||||||
Irrigation | ||||||||
Absence (0 irrigated plot) = Ref | ||||||||
Few (1 irrigated plot) | 1.228 | 3.379 | ||||||
Many (> 1 irrigated plot) | 2.508 | 12.274*** | ||||||
Adaptation to climate change | ||||||||
No = Ref | ||||||||
Yes | − 0.170 | 0.844 | 0.542 | 1.719 | 0.984 | 2.675* | 0.195 | 1.215 |
Access to credit | ||||||||
No = Ref | ||||||||
Yes | 1.175 | 3.240*** | 1.102 | 3.010** | 1.339 | 3.816** | 0.994 | 2.701*** |
Remittances | ||||||||
No = Ref | ||||||||
Yes | − 0.192 | 0.825 | − 0.346 | 0.708 | − 0.371 | 0.69 | − 0.002 | 0.998 |
Regular saving behavior | ||||||||
No = Ref | ||||||||
Yes | 1.139 | 3.124*** | 0.095 | 1.100 | − 1.014 | 0.363* | 0.215 | 1.371 |
Off-farm income | ||||||||
Less than 100,000.00 HTG = Ref | ||||||||
100,000.00–200,000.00 HTG | 0.120 | 1.127 | 0.525 | 1.691 | − 0.189 | 0.828 | − 0.124 | 0.884 |
More than 200,000.00 HTG | 0.028 | 1.029 | 0.657 | 1.93 | 1.674 | 5.333*** | 0.490 | 1.633** |
Food security status | ||||||||
Food secure | − 0.362 | 0.696 | 19.972 | 4.71E+08 | 0.036 | 1.037 | ||
Low food insecurity | 1.271 | 3.564** | 1.029 | 2.797** | 0.848 | 2.334 | 1.028 | 2.795*** |
Moderate food insecurity | 0.333 | 1.385 | 0.073 | 1.075 | 0.855 | 2.351 | 0.310 | 1.363 |
Severe food insecurity = Ref | ||||||||
Total (N) | 217 | 282 | 138 | 637 | ||||
Log likelihood | 65.663*** | 71.953** | 63.781*** | 229.524*** | ||||
Pseudo R-squared | 0.348 | 0.333 | 0.494 | 0.41 | ||||
