A double hurdle estimation of crop diversification decisions by smallholder wheat farmers in Sinana District, Bale Zone, Ethiopia

Table 3 Probit regression estimates for determinants of crop diversifications

Variables	Coeff	Std. err	Marginal effect
Gender	− 0.022	0.026	0.002
Age of household head	− 0.003***	0.001	− 0.003
Family size	0.004	0.004	0.008
labor availability	− 0.003	0.017	0.050
Education level of household head	0.001	0.011	− 0.007
Total livestock unit/TLU	− 0.002	0.002	− 0.005
Farm land size	− 0.442*	0.104	0.254
Number of plots	− 0.007	0.005	0.005
Plot fertility	− 0.119*	0.009	− 0.046
Extension visit	0.086**	0.041	0.081
Access to remittance	0.011	0.018	0.089
Distance to nearest market	− 0.001	0.001	0.006
Distance farmers training center	0.003	0.003	0.006
Distance to farm	0.002	0.003	− 0.012
Number of oxen	0.012	0.008	0.002
Participation in off/non-farm activities	− 0.037**	0.018	− 2.070
_cons	0.856	0.137	− 1.220
LR Chi (18) = 231.19 Number of observations = 383 Prob > Chi² = 0.0000 Pseudo R² = 1.0294

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