Determinants of Production Efficiency of Maize-Dominated Farmers in Western Parts of Ethiopia in Gudeya Bila District: Evidence under Shifting Cultivation Area
Table 4
Determinants of production efficiency and its marginal effects.
Determinants of production efficiency
Coefficients
Standard error
Marginal effects
Education levels
0.00034539
0.0017
0.0007
0.00145
0.00136
Loss due wild animals
−0.00440927
0.00261
0.00108
0.00223
0.0022
Family size
0.00295263
0.00286
0.00118
0.00244
0.00233
Sex of household
−0.0003739
0.00162
0.00066
0.00138
0.00129
Farm experience
−0.01753057
0.01965
0.00738
0.0172
0.01318
Family size
0.00816001
0.01214
0.00498
0.01036
0.00978
Land conservation
0.00378686
0.00254
0.00105
0.00217
0.00212
Livestock holding
0.00191826
0.00958
0.00393
0.00817
0.00766
Distance to plot
−0.00018538
0.00076
0.00031
0.00065
0.00061
Slope of land
0.01332231
0.01545
0.00629
0.01322
0.01234
Distance to market
0.00639659
0.01844
0.00774
0.01562
0.01561
Mobile use
0.02443978
0.01645
0.00678
0.01401
0.01406
Radio use
0.0111836
0.01656
0.00685
0.0141
0.01363
Credit use
0.00085454
0.01625
0.00667
0.01387
0.013
Off-farm income
−0.00067308
0.00036
0.00015
0.0003
0.0003
Constant
0.74830623
0.04696
,, and significant at 10%, 5%, and 1% level significance, respectively. Source: Tobit model results (2021).
