Factor no.

Factor lable

Factor loading

Factor I:

Age

Distance

Farm capital

Farm revenue

Farm expenditure

Farm labor

Factor II:

Forest clearance

Dependency ratio

Education

Conservation methods

Factor III:

Government help

Conservation cost

Proper training

Factor IV:

Fallow land

Land use, land cover

Farm economic characteristics

(1)

(3)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Education and conservation knowledge

(18)

(10)

(2)

(11)

Government policy in soil conservation

(16)

(14)

(13)

Land use/land cover changes

(20)

(19)

0.461

0.646

0.610

0.776

0.883

−0.617

0.562

0.551

0.502

0.488

0.636

−0.466

−0.454

0.571

0.439