Adoption of Coffee Shade Agroforestry Technology and Shade Tree Management in Gobu Seyo District, East Wollega, Oromia

Table 3

Description of the variables affecting the adoption of the technology.

Variables in the model	Types of variables	Description of the variable	Expected sign
Sex	Dummy	1 if male, 0 otherwise	+/−
Age	Categorical	Category 1 = age in 20–30 yrs, category 2 = age in 30–40 yrs, category 3 = age in 40–50 yrs, and category 4 = age above 50 yrs	+
Education level = Educ	Categorical	1 = none, 2 = primary, 3 = secondary, and 4 = above	+
HHcomp = HH composition	Categorical	Category 1 = member <4, category 2 = member 5–8, category 3 = member 9–12, and category 4 = member above 12	+/−
Farmsiz/total farm size (ha)	Categorical	Farmsz 1, < 2; farmsz 2, 2–3.5; farmsz 3, 3.5–5; and farmsz 4, less than 5	+
Areacoff = total area of coffee (ha)	Categorical	Areacoff 1 = 0–0.11, areacoff 2 = 0.11–0.125, areacoff 3 = 0.125–0.25, and areacoff 4 = 0.25–1	+/−
Training	Dummy	1 if get training, 0 otherwise	+
Extension	Dummy	1 if access to service, 0 otherwise	+