Table 2.

Climate information service–climate-smart agriculture technology adoption determinants

Practice /variablesENHLEGORGPDPSMINWTM
Age0.0043 (0.0075)−0.0036 (0.0072)−0.0163**(0.0078)0.0138*(0.0077)0.0014 (0.0077)−0.0097 (−0.0097)0.0013 (0.0076)
Education0.0353*(0.0186)0.0173 (0.0176)−0.0355*(0.0215)0.0320*(0.0174)0.0497***(0.0180)−0.0068 (0.0179)0.0132 (0.0170)
Gender−0.4255**(0.2060)0.4667**(0.1954)0.2017 (0.2256)0.4198*(0.2293)0.0707 (0.2164)0.3481 (0.2196)0.5032**(0.2109)
WTP for climate information0.5629***(0.2027)−0.0934 (0.1924)0.3444* (0.2085)−0.788***(0.2045)−0.1299 (0.2093)−0.4252 (0.2091)−0.927***(0.2319)
Land ownership0.3368*(0.2025)0.1016 (0.1912)−0.1801 (0.2109)−0.0250 (0.2062)−0.4051**(0.1981)0.5056**(0.2187)−0.1304 (0.2062)
Extension service access0.6812***(0.24162)0.0825 (0.2276)−0.6205**(0.2564)0.4728*(0.2825)−0.3335 (0.2249)−0.2108 (0.2672)−0.0277 (0.2679)
Climate inform usefulness0.1640 (0.2429)−0.0422 (0.2346)0.0520 (0.2620)−0.4351 (0.2702)−0.0962 (0.1380)−0.2434 (0.2513)0.1428 (0.2479)
Household size0.0254 (0.0205)0.0011 (0.0206)0.0211 (0.0213)−0.0230 (0.0352)−0.0103 (0.0217)0.0050 (0.0214)−0.0577** (−0.0577)
Farmer based organizations−0.5574**(0.2279)−0.1972 (0.2152)−0.0536 (0.2523)0.9468***(0.3047)−0.0916 (0.2120)0.8936***(0.2411)1.0507***(0.2533)
Credit access0.2563 (0.1860)0.1327 (0.1791)−0.1825 (0.1949)0.1058 (0.1918)0.2951 (0.1968)−0.0086 (0.1969)−0.0504 (0.1915)
Years of climate information0.0560**(0.0262)0.0002 (0.0254)−0.0396 (0.0351)−0.0323 (0.0329)0.0456*(0.0272)0.0242 (0.0242)0.0020 (0.0298)

Note(s):Joint significant test: Wild chi2 (77) = 282.67; Prob > chi2 = 0.000; ***p < 0.001; ***, ** and *represent the significant level at 1, 5 and 10%, respectively; ORG = Organic amendment to improve soil health; ENH = Enhancing access to climate information; PS = Promotion of stress (drought, early maturing, striga and low N) tolerant to improve maize, cowpea and potato; PD = Promotion of disease- and pest-tolerant maize and cowpea varieties; LEG = Leguminous crop as the previous crop; MIN = Minimum tillage for maize, cowpea and vegetable production; and WTM = Water management (mulching)

Source(s): Authors’ Estimation (2023)

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