Table 2 Summary of explanatory variables as entered the model
Variables | Unit | Non-adopter | Adopter | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of farmers | Number | 129 | 39 | 168 |
Male headed households | Number | 114 | 35 | 149 |
Female-headed households | Number | 15 | 4 | 19 |
Age of the respondent | Years | 46.33 | 46.85 | 46.27 |
Formal education | Years | 4.21 | 3.89 | 4.08 |
Farming experience in growing faba bean | Years | 21.45 | 21.74 | 21.53 |
Family size | Adult equivalenta | 4.41 | 4.17 | 4.26 |
Average livestock holding | TLUb | 5.52 | 5.87 | 5.39 |
Total owned land | Ha | 1.39 | 1.59 | 1.44 |
Area of land covered by faba bean | Ha | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.35 |
Plot distance (walking distance) | Minutes | 17.41 | 14.62 | 16.78 |
Access to improved seed (yes) | Frequency | 9 | 13 | 22 |
Extension contact | No. of days year−1 | 2.13 | 8.49 | 3.61 |
Farmers awareness about the existing varieties (yes) | Frequency | 65 | 36 | 101 |
Access to training on faba bean agronomy (yes) | Frequency | 46 | 21 | 67 |
Participation in field visit/field day (yes) | Frequency | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Access to market information (yes) | Frequency | 95 | 28 | 123 |
Seed cost during planting | ETB kg−1 | 15.68 | 15.71 | 15.69 |
Marketing price after harvesting | ETB kg−1 | 14.45 | 16.00 | 14.86 |
Membership to local primary cooperative (yes) | Frequency | 76 | 21 | 97 |
Membership to SPMCs (yes) | Frequency | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Access to credit (yes) | Frequency | 102 | 25 | 127 |
Home residence distance from a cooperative | Minutes | 50.68 | 45.1 | 49.4 |
Home residence distance from FTC | Minutes | 43.55 | 42.0 | 43.2 |
Home residence distance from the main market | Minutes | 106.7 | 112.75 | 108.1 |