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

Table 4 Truncated regression estimates for determinants of level of crop diversification

Variables	Coeff	Std. err	Marginal effect
Gender	0.009	0.256	− 0.019
Age of household head	− 0.011	0.009	− 0.003
Household size	0.033	0.042	0.008
labor availability	0.217	0.152	0.025
Education level of household head	− 0.029	0.107	− 0.004
Total livestock unit/TLU	− 0.023*	0.024	− 0.004
Farm land size	1.097***	0.637	0.209
Number of plots	0.022	0.050	− 0.002
Plot fertility	− 0.200**	0.102	0.073
Extension visit	0.385**	0.184	0.048
Distance to nearest market	0.024*	0.009	0.002
Distance FTC	0.026	0.030	0.005
Distance to farm	− 0.053**	0.028	− 0.005
Total annual income	0.013*	0.07	0.010
Number of oxen	0.007	0.081	0.010
Access to remittance	0.343***	0.183	0.048
_cons	− 1.249	1.025

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