Independent variable

Inorganic fertilizer adoption (Hurdle 1)

Inorganic fertilizer use intensity (Hurdle 2)

Parameter estimate

Standard error

Parameter estimate

Standard error

Intercept

5.45**

2.41

7.53***

0.27

Gender of farmer-Male

1.39

0.11

0.13

0.07

Age of farmer

−2.39**

0.01

1.48**

0.03

Marital status of farmer-single

1.56

0.45

0.56

0.29

Educational status of farmer

0.89**

0.39

−0.04

0.08

Household size of farmer

1.79*

0.47

0.11

0.09

Nativity of farmer-migrant

−10.93

2.31

0.06

0.16

Membership of farmer organization-Yes

−0.16

0.34

0.03

0.08

Training of farmer on soil fertility-Yes

0.14

0.33

0.38***

0.09

Filed areas sown with rice

0.12

0.12

−0.13*

0.03

Contribution of rice to household income

8.57*

0.43

0.14**

0.07

Years of farming experience

0.36

0.18

0.39**

0.02

Access to credit-Yes

0.24

0.23

0.01

0.06

Inorganic fertilizers availability

0.32

0.41

1.24**

0.85

Organic fertilizer use-Yes

0.93*

0.42

-0.27**

0.09

sd.sd

-

-

0.49***

0.02

Frequency of 0

0.23

Log-Likelihood

−318.98 on 52 Df

Pseudo R-Squared

0.3743

Likelihood ratio index

0.23972