Factors influencing utilization of municipal solid waste compost among urban farmers in western Uganda

Kabasiita, Juliet Kiiza; Malinga, Geoffrey Maxwell; Odongo, Julius C. W.; Opolot, Emmanuel

doi:10.1186/s43170-021-00067-2

CABI Agriculture and Bioscience

Table 3 Probit regression results of factors influencing farmers’ decision to use MSW compost in Fort Portal and Mbarara municipalities, Uganda

From: Factors influencing utilization of municipal solid waste compost among urban farmers in western Uganda

Independent variables	Fort Portal				Mbarara
Independent variables	Coefficient	Standard Error	P >\|z\|	Marginal effect (dy/dx)	Coefficient	Standard Error	P >\|z\|	Marginal effect (dy/dx)
Gender of household head	0.256	0.244	0.294	0.03	0.234	0.246	0.343	0.027
Age of household head	− 0.073	0.127	0.567	− 0.008	− 0.036	0.129	0.78	− 0.004
Marital status of household head	− 0.019	0.168	0.912	− 0.002	− 0.016	0.168	0.924	− 0.002
Level of education	− 0.001	0.132	0.993	< 0.001	− 0.027	0.132	0.841	− 0.003
Family size	0.152	0.144	0.292	0.018	0.166	0.146	0.257	0.019
Access to extension services	0.168	0.303	0.581	0.019	0.232	0.307	0.449	0.027
Access to infrastructure	0.517	0.554	0.351	0.061	0.522	0.561	0.352	0.061
Access to credit facilities	0.418	0.315	0.185	0.049	0.399	0.317	0.208	0.046
Market for produce	− 0.114	0.503	0.821	− 0.013	− 0.123	0.506	0.807	− 0.014
Member of farmer association	− 0.569	0.316	0.072	− 0.067	− 0.648	0.325	0.047	− 0.075
Level of income from farming in Uganda shillings	0.314	0.145	0.031	0.037	0.306	0.147	0.038	0.036
Engaged in non-farm activities	0.344	0.261	0.186	0.04	0.344	0.263	0.191	0.039
Farming duration years	0.064	0.172	0.709	0.008	0.089	0.174	0.605	0.01
Land ownership	0.478	0.434	0.270	0.056	0.557	0.447	0.213	0.065
Size of land in acres	0.099	0.168	0.557	0.012	0.169	0.177	0.340	0.019
Land tenure	0.168	0.128	0.895	0.002	− 0.004	0.129	0.973	0.010
Access to soil conditioner (Other than the MSW compost)	1.655	0.347	0.000	0.194	1.639	0.35	0.000	0.191
Experience with compost fertilizer (time of utilization in years)	0.369	0.973	0.000	0.043	0.369	0.098	0.000	0.043
The cost per kg of compost	− 1.394	0.14	0.000	− 0.164	− 1.41	0.142	0.000	− 0.164
Market for produce	− 0.114	0.503	0.821	− 0.013	− 0.123	0.506	0.807	− 0.014
Observations	358				359
Log likelihood	− 76.64				− 74.77
LR Chi2 (19)	336.55***				334.57***
Prob > chi2	0.001				0.001
Pseudo R2	0.69				0.68

dy/dx^b = Marginal effect after Probit evaluated at population average and ***Indicate significance at the 1% level of significance. m p values are in bold

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