Farmer’s Perceptions of Agroforestry Practices, Contributions to Rural Household Farm Income, and Their Determinants in Sodo Zuria District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Description of explanatory variables and expected signs of the effect of agroforestry practices on household farm income.

Variables	Full definitions	Unit of measurement	Type of variables	Expected sign
AGEHHs	Age of household	Years	Continuous	+
EDUHHs	Education household	Years	Categorical	+
SEX HH	Sex of household	1 = male, 0 = female	Dummy	−/+
LOBHH	Labor of household	Year	Continuous	−/+
FAMSIZ HH	Family size house hold	Years	Continuous	+
LHA HH	Landholding household	Hectares	Continuous	+/−
LANDTEN	Land tenure security	Feels land secured (1 = yes, 0 = no)	Dummy	+
EXTSERVC	Extension contacts	Extension service (1 = yes, 0 = no)	Dummy	+
ACCCRED	Access to credit	Credit access (1 = yes, 0 = no)	Dummy	+
ACCMARK	Access to market	Access to market (1 = yes,0 = no)	Dummy	+
AFPEXP	Agroforestry practicing experience	Years	Continuous	+
COPASS	Cooperative association	Member of cooperative (1 = yes, 0 = no)	Dummy	+
LIVHOL	Livestock holding	Number	Continuous	+

Source: own description after extensive literature review.