Table 2 OLS estimates of baseline model... | Emerald Publishing

Table 2

OLS estimates of baseline model (n = 1,247)¹

Dependent variable	Conservation tillage	Crop rotation	Organic fertilizer	Drip irrigation
Agricultural cooperative membership	0.037 (0.011)^***	0.012 (0.006)^**	0.006 (0.003)^**	0.040 (0.009)^***
Gender of household head	0.032 (0.018)^*	0.068 (0.057)	0.020 (0.053)	0.041 (0.026)
Age of household head	−0.002 (0.001)	−0.002 (0.003)	0.004 (0.003)	−0.002 (0.001)^**
Marital status of household head	0.067 (0.075)	0.014 (0.051)	0.077 (0.040)^*	0.006 (0.006)
Education of household head	0.004 (0.002)^*	0.002 (0.001)^**	0.003 (0.002)^*	0.003 (0.001)^*
Number of agricultural labourers in family	0.007 (0.006)	0.021 (0.015)	0.003 (0.008)	0.002 (0.006)
Village cadre	0.081 (0.032)^**	0.001 (0.004)	0.086 (0.077)	0.038 (0.017)^**
Cultivated area	−0.011 (0.006)	−0.001 (0.001)	−0.064 (0.101)	−0.001 (0.002)
Land tenure	0.085 (0.034)^**	0.072 (0.032)^**	0.091 (0.047)^*	0.107 (0.030)^***
Off-farm employment	0.051 (0.030)^*	0.023 (0.055)	−0.012 (0.007)^*	0.020 (0.029)
Annual consumption expenditure per capita	0.003 (0.003)	0.000 (0.001)	−0.004 (0.003)	0.051 (0.024)^**
Unmet credit need	−0.052 (0.028)^*	−0.004 (0.001)^***	−0.022 (0.013)^*	−0.094 (0.026)^***
Terrain	0.003 (0.001)^**	−0.005 (0.003)^*	0.007 (0.005)	0.001 (0.003)
Soil fertility	−0.002 (0.001)^**	−0.001 (0.000)^*	−0.006 (0.003)^**	0.011 (0.007)
Transportation	0.001 (0.001)	0.015 (0.017)	0.008 (0.010)	0.023 (0.018)
Constant	0.176 (0.134)	0.115 (0.186)	0.092 (0.111)	0.142 (0.098)
F-statistic	19.44^***	12.97^***	20.63^***	13.25^***
R²	0.230	0.178	0.292	0.194

Dependent variable	Conservation tillage	Crop rotation	Organic fertilizer	Drip irrigation
Agricultural cooperative membership	0.037 (0.011)^***	0.012 (0.006)^**	0.006 (0.003)^**	0.040 (0.009)^***
Gender of household head	0.032 (0.018)^*	0.068 (0.057)	0.020 (0.053)	0.041 (0.026)
Age of household head	−0.002 (0.001)	−0.002 (0.003)	0.004 (0.003)	−0.002 (0.001)^**
Marital status of household head	0.067 (0.075)	0.014 (0.051)	0.077 (0.040)^*	0.006 (0.006)
Education of household head	0.004 (0.002)^*	0.002 (0.001)^**	0.003 (0.002)^*	0.003 (0.001)^*
Number of agricultural labourers in family	0.007 (0.006)	0.021 (0.015)	0.003 (0.008)	0.002 (0.006)
Village cadre	0.081 (0.032)^**	0.001 (0.004)	0.086 (0.077)	0.038 (0.017)^**
Cultivated area	−0.011 (0.006)	−0.001 (0.001)	−0.064 (0.101)	−0.001 (0.002)
Land tenure	0.085 (0.034)^**	0.072 (0.032)^**	0.091 (0.047)^*	0.107 (0.030)^***
Off-farm employment	0.051 (0.030)^*	0.023 (0.055)	−0.012 (0.007)^*	0.020 (0.029)
Annual consumption expenditure per capita	0.003 (0.003)	0.000 (0.001)	−0.004 (0.003)	0.051 (0.024)^**
Unmet credit need	−0.052 (0.028)^*	−0.004 (0.001)^***	−0.022 (0.013)^*	−0.094 (0.026)^***
Terrain	0.003 (0.001)^**	−0.005 (0.003)^*	0.007 (0.005)	0.001 (0.003)
Soil fertility	−0.002 (0.001)^**	−0.001 (0.000)^*	−0.006 (0.003)^**	0.011 (0.007)
Transportation	0.001 (0.001)	0.015 (0.017)	0.008 (0.010)	0.023 (0.018)
Constant	0.176 (0.134)	0.115 (0.186)	0.092 (0.111)	0.142 (0.098)
F-statistic	19.44^***	12.97^***	20.63^***	13.25^***
R²	0.230	0.178	0.292	0.194

¹

Standard errors are reported in parentheses. ^*, ^** and ^*** respectively indicate statistical significance at 10%, 5% and 1% levels

Source(s): Authors’ own work