From staple food to market-oriented crop: commercialization level of smallholder teff (Eragrostis teff) growers in Jamma District, Ethiopia

Table 7 Probit regression result of double hurdle model for market participation.

Variables	Marginal effect	t
Constant		2.19
Sex of household head	0.0824105^a	3.37
Age of household head	8.56e−06	0.07
Household size	− 0.0021982	1.52
Use of improved Teff seed	0.0133895^c	1.76
Land allocated for Teff	0.0219398^b	2.15
Literacy status of household head	0.0079807^c	1.65
Livestock ownership (TLU)	0.0008381	1.49
Participation in off/non-farm	0.0016685	0.65
Credit use	0.000482	0.17
Frequency of extension contact	0.0001788	0.44
Application of chemical fertilizer	0.0574449^a	2.99
Row sowing of Teff	0.0055501^b	2.89
Access to price information	0.0022619	0.75
Distance from market center	0.0002241	0.58

Number of observation = 155
log likelihood = − 15.26
Pseudo R² = 0.72
Prob > chi² = 0.0001
Wald chi² = 43.14
^a–cRepresents statistical significance at 1%, 5% and 10% significant level respectively

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