Determinants of Sesame Market Supply in West Omo and Bench Sheko Zones, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Summary of variables definition, measurement, and working hypotheses.

Variables	Category	Measurement	Expected effect on supply
Dependent variable
Volume of sesame supply	Continuous	Natural log of the volume of supply in quintal (100 kg)
Independent variable
Education level of the household head	Continuous	Years of schooling	+
Participation in training	Dummy	1 if yes and 0 otherwise	+
Sesame farming experience	Continuous	Years	+
Family size	Continuous	Number	±
Distance to the nearest market	Continuous	Kilometre	−
Land under sesame	Continuous	Hectare	+
Amount of credit received (log)	Continuous	Natural log of credit amount in ETB	+
Cooperative membership	Dummy	1 if yes and 0 otherwise	+
Annual nonfarm income (log)	Continuous	Natural log of nonfarm income	+
Frequency of extension contact	Continuous	Number of days	+
Sex of the household head	Dummy	1 if male and 0 otherwise	+
Total livestock unit	Continuous	Total livestock unit (TLU)	+