Determinants of Sesame Market Supply in West Omo and Bench Sheko Zones, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 4
OLS estimation of determinants of quantity supply of sesame (log).
Variables
Coefficients
Std. error
Constant
−0.287
0.197
Sex
−0.101
0.067
Total livestock unit
0.221
0.057
Sesame farming experience (years)
0.016
0.006
Cooperative member
0.212
0.050
Family size
−0.026
0.013
Education
−0.013
0.010
Land under sesame (ha)
0.424
0.053
Annual off-farm income (log)
0.023
0.006
Amount of credit received (log)
0.004
0.005
Training participation
0.519
0.058
Distance to nearest market (kms)
−0.006
0.002
Frequency of extension contact
0.014
0.015
Number of observations
270
F (12, 257)
41.20
Prob > F
R-squared
0.6580
Adj R-squared
0.6420
Own computation result, 2018. Note. The dependent variable-is a log of the quantity of sesame supplied to the market. ,Significant at 1% and 5% significance levels, respectively.