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 | (±) |