Adoption of Modern Hive Beekeeping Technology: The Case of Kacha-Birra Woreda, Kembata Tembaro Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 18

Model estimates for factors affecting the level of adoption of modern beekeeping technology by farmers.

Variables	Estimated coefficients (β)	Std. error (S.E)	Wald	Sig.	Exp (B)
SEX-AG	2.437	2.138	1.299	0.254	11.438
Age of-AG	−0.144	0.125	1.335	0.248	0.866
Family size	−0.315	0.573	0.301	0.583	0.730
Education	0.773	0.416	3.442	0.064	2.165
Land size	−6.175	3.582	2.971	0.085	0.002
Livestock	−0.525	0.483	1.183	0.277	0.592
Colonies	0.983	0.619	2.518	0.113	2.672
Extension contact	4.108	2.310	3.163	0.075	60.848
Training	1.997	1.596	1.566	0.211	7.364
Credit	4.756	2.294	4.297	0.038	116.261
Market	4.065	1.867	4.743	0.029	58.288
Pests	−1.960	1.430	1.877	0.171	0.141
Constant	−2.638	4.380	0.363	0.547	0.072

Pearson X²value: 95.29, 2Loglikelihood 22.077. Correctly predicted percentage of adopters = 93.9; correctly predicted percentage of nonadopters = 96.4; overall percentage = 95.5; sample size of respondents = 89; and significant at the probability level of 5% and 10% (source: computed from own survey data, 2016).