Variables | Pioneers/ innovators | Late adopters | Pioneers/ innovators | Followers | Laggards/ abandoners | Late adopters | All adopters |
Followers | Pioneers/ Innovators | Laggards | Late adopters | Followers | Laggards | Non-adopters | |
Sociodemographic and economic producer characteristics | |||||||
Gender (χ2) | 0.48 | −0.76 | 1.33 | −0.26 | −1.74* | 1.99** | −0.33 |
Head of household (χ2) | 0.75 | −1.03 | 0.79 | −1.70* | 0.03 | 1.75* | −0.32 |
Age (t) | 0.70 | −1.96* | −1.99** | −1.37 | −1.52 | −0.23 | −2.05** |
Instruction | χ2 0.01 | −1.81** | −1.65* | −1.79* | −1.64 | 0.08 | −2.18** |
Literacy (χ2) | 1.051 | −1.55 | −0.25 | −2.57*** | −1.28 | 1.28 | −3.37*** |
Production flow constraints (χ2) | −1.47 | 0.20 | −0.29 | 1.70* | 1.18 | 1.22 | −1.31 |
Organization (χ2) | 0.73 | −0.82 | 0.40 | −1.55 | −0.33 | 1.25 | −4.49*** |
Development project (χ2) | −2.69*** | −1.87* | −2.83*** | 0.96 | −0.12 | −1.09 | −8.86*** |
Awareness, training, information | |||||||
Awareness (χ2) | 2.76*** | 0.23 | 2.23** | −2.68*** | −0.58 | 2.11** | −2.50** |
Training (χ2) | 0.66 | 1.25 | 0.63 | 0.60 | −0.03 | −0.64 | −0.89 |
Agricultural advisor access frequency (t) | −4.77*** | −4.10*** | −6.65*** | 0.34 | −2.27** | −2.16** | −7.822*** |
Producer’s household | |||||||
Household size (t) | −2.31** | −1.92 | −3.19*** | 0.28 | −1.71* | −1.81* | −3.50*** |
Transfers/remittances (χ2) | −0.12 | −0.83 | 0.92 | −0.69 | 1.02 | 1.76* | 1.51 |
Female household head (χ2) | 1.51 | 1.51 | 1.51 | 1.51 | 1.51 | 1.51 | 1.51 |
Insurance (χ2) | - | 1.35 | - | 1.30 | - | −1.32 | −1.35 |
Farms characteristics | |||||||
Labor force (t) | −3.69*** | −3.45** | −5.64*** | 0.59 | −1.60 | −2.28** | −3.82*** |
Animal traction (χ2) | 1.02 | −0.68 | −0.41 | −1.70 | −1.41 | 0.25 | −0.34 |
Number of maize plots (t) | −0.52 | −2.64*** | 0.45 | −2.25** | 0.89 | 2.45** | −1.40 |
Soil constraints (χ2) | −2.07** | −0.58 | −2.13** | 1.59 | −0.04 | −1.64* | 0.32 |
Food security | |||||||
Children meals (−5 years old) (t) | 0.40 | −1.31 | −1.56 | −1.63 | −1.97* | −0.60 | −0.84 |
Adult meals (t) | −1.24 | −1.85* | −0.97 | 0.14 | 1.01 | 0.92 | −0.58 |
Shocks | |||||||
Death (χ2) | −1.23 | −1.18 | −1.27 | 0.13 | −0.03 | −0.16 | −2.40** |
Disease (χ2) | −1.11 | −0.26 | −2.40** | 0.89 | −1.42 | −2.21** | 0.37 |
Losses (χ2) | 1.19 | 2.10** | 1.15 | 0.92 | −0.05 | −0.97 | −3.43** |