Table 11 Factors affecting adoption of improved rice varieties in the study area.
Variables | Estimate | Std. Error | z value | Pr (> z) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Intercept | − 23.744 | 2334.064 | − 0.010 | 0.992 |
Age | − 0.026 | 0.015 | − 1.682 | 0.093 |
Education-Primary | − 0.277 | 0.439 | − 0.631 | 0.528 |
Education-Secondary | − 0.131 | 0.618 | − 0.212 | 0.832 |
Education-University | − 27.601 | 5110.371 | − 0.005 | 0.996 |
Land ownership—Yes | 1.764 | 0.625 | 2.821 | 0.005** |
Land rice size | 0.500 | 0.258 | 1.935 | 0.053 |
Hired farm labour—Yes | 0.819 | 0.461 | 1.776 | 0.076 |
Crop diversification—Yes | 2.356 | 0.634 | 3.719 | 0.000*** |
Membership association—Yes | − 1.075 | 0.510 | − 2.109 | 0.035* |
Rice as main crop—Yes | 0.799 | 0.425 | 1.879 | 0.060 |
Use of fertilizer—Yes | − 1.724 | 0.460 | − 3.749 | 0.000*** |
Irrigation—Yes | 1.761 | 1.013 | 1.738 | 0.082 |
Off-season rice—Yes | 2.482 | 0.807 | 3.077 | 0.002** |
Government extensions—Yes | − 1.593 | 0.509 | − 3.131 | 0.002** |
NGOs—Yes | 1.594 | 0.670 | 2.379 | 0.017* |
International institutes—Yes | − 20.085 | 3549.896 | − 0.006 | 0.995 |
Region—North | 21.578 | 2334.064 | 0.009 | 0.993 |
Region—South | − 2.574 | 2577.223 | − 0.001 | 0.999 |
