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Table 8 Result of truncated regression for the level of market participation (value of teff sold)

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

Value of Teff sale

Coefficient/marginal effect/

z/t

Sex of household head

1813.803

0.50

Age of household head

104.2746*

1.67

Literacy status

4044.844

1.35

Household size

− 573.0693

− 1.39

Livestock ownership (TLU)

− 92.33967

− 0.31

participation in off/non-farm

− 309.1895

− 0.94

Use of improved Teff seed

− 71.25863

− 0.05

Frequency of extension contact

341.3838***

3.13

Land allocated for Teff

13,633.6***

8.32

Application of chemical fertilizer

17,931.61*

1.81

Use of improved Teff seed

2327.36

1.57

Row sowing of Teff

2620.083*

1.92

Access to price information

1700.799

0.76

Distance from market center

− 155.0722

− 0.56

_cons

− 33,632.04

− 2.78

/sigma

4711.027

10.51

  1. Number of observation = 107
  2. Prob > chi2 = 0.0000
  3. Wald chi2 (14) = 152.31
  4. Log likelihood = -1006.7867