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Variables | Type of variable | Definition and its measurements |
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Age | Continuous | Age of the respondent in years |
Sex | Dummy | Sex: male = 1, female = 0 |
Education | Discrete | Educational levels: illiterate = 1, read and write = 2, elementary school = 3, secondary school and above = 4 |
Land size | Continuous | Land size under cultivated in hectare |
Faming experience | Continuous | Farmers year of experience in maize storage |
Quantity of maize stored | Continuous | Quantity of maize stored in quintal |
Training | Dummy | Postharvest loss and storage training taken by farmers: yes = 1, no = 0 |
Access of PICS | Dummy | PICS access to farmers: yes = 1, no = 0 |
Price of PICS | Discrete | Cost of PICS by farmers view: low = 1, medium = 2, high = 3 |
Awareness on PICS | Dummy | Awareness of farmers on PICS storage: yes = 1, no = 0 |
Chemical pesticide effect | Dummy | Understanding the effect of chemical pesticides: yes = 1, no = 0 |
Annual income | Continuous | Farmers annual income in Ethiopian birr |
Extension services | Discrete | Contact of extension agent with farmers: no contact at all = 0, once in a week = 1, once in two weeks = 2, once in three weeks = 3, once in a month = 4, otherwise = 5 |
Credit access | Dummy | Farmers credit access: yes = 1, no = 0 |
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