Explanatory Variables

Mean

SD

Description

Expected Sign2

Age

47.743

13.14

Continuous

(±)

Marital status

0.9301

0.255

Dummy takes the value 1 if married and 0 otherwise

(±)

Gender

0.7089

0.455

Dummy takes the value 1 if the gender is male and 0 otherwise

(±)

Household head

0.7956

0.404

Dummy takes the value 1 if the HH head is male and 0 otherwise

(+)

Main occupation

0.9483

0.222

Dummy takes the value 1 if the main occupation is farming and 0 otherwise

(+)

Household size

6.4489

2.918

Continuous

(±)

Level of education

0.0776

0.268

Dummy takes the value 1 if education is higher than the secondary level and 0 otherwise

(+)

Native

0.8396

0.367

Dummy takes the value 1 if farmers are native and 0 otherwise

(+)

Total farmland

0.6755

0.783

Continuous

(+)

Total income

20,171.52

22,235.46

Continuous

(+)

Irrigation facilities

0.4515

0.498

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has received irrigation facilities and 0 otherwise

(−)

Fertility of land

0.4373

0.496

Dummy takes the value 1 if land is fertile and 0 otherwise

(−)

Credit

0.1358

0.343

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has access to credit and 0 otherwise

(±)

Off-farm activities

0.7671

0.898

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has off-farm activities and 0 otherwise

(±)

Received weather information

0.7141

0.452

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has received weather related information and 0 otherwise

(+)

Farm experience

29.009

13.29

Continuous

(+)

Market information

0.4424

0.497

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has access to market information and 0 otherwise

(+)

Distance of road

0.7257

0.446

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has access to roads and 0 otherwise

(+)

Organization membership

0.2096

0.407

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has an organization membership and 0 otherwise

(+)

Training

0.0530

0.224

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has received training and 0 otherwise

(+)

Extension service

0.3221

0.468

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has access to extension services and 0 otherwise

(±)

Access to market center

0.2186

0.414

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has access to a market center and 0 otherwise

(+)

Availability of subsidies

0.0750

0.264

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has access to subsidies and 0 otherwise

(+)

Climate change knowledge

0.7529

0.432

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer has climate change knowledge and 0 otherwise

(±)

Hilly region

0.5666

0.496

Dummy takes the value 1 if the farmer belongs to a hilly region and 0 otherwise

(±)