Research Article

Smallholders' Conservation Agriculture Adoption Decision in Arba Minch and Derashe Districts of Southwestern Ethiopia

Table 3

Maximum likelihood estimate of the binary logit model for decisions to practice CA.

Explanatory variablesCoefficientRobust std. errZ > |z|ToleranceVIFCC

AGE−0.110.05−2.420.0150.890.4122.43
EDU−0.260.1−2.580.010.770.8831.133
FAMSIZE0.180.20.900.41.20.8891.125
TLANHOLD−0.090.315−0.280.780.90.8051.242
TLU−0.160.06−2.570.010.850.8021.246
EXP0.130.0482.60.091.130.3752.665
NETINCO−0.000035.45E−06−4.820.0000.990.8071.239
EXT2.950.555.310.0019.010.707
IRRIGA4.970.86.240.00144.43
CONS−0.121.75−0.070.950.89

Log likelihood (X2) = −43.37, Wald Chi-square = 87.75, and pseudo-R2 = 0.7957. represents statistically significant at 1% level of significance, respectively.