Table 6 Factors influencing farmers'...

Table 6

Factors influencing farmers' willingness to adopt digital application tools

				Marginal effects
	Coefficient	Standard error	t-value	dy/dx	Standard error	t-value
Female	−0.466*	0.242	−1.92	−0.081*	0.041	−1.950
Age	−0.005	0.01	−0.45	−0.001	0.002	−0.450
Primary education	0.591*	0.329	1.79	0.104	0.059	1.770
Secondary education	0.762**	0.355	2.15	0.133**	0.063	2.100
Tertiary education	0.274	0.477	0.57	0.049	0.086	0.570
Years of experience in farming	0.021*	0.012	1.80	0.004*	0.002	1.820
Training	0.51**	0.235	2.18	0.088**	0.040	2.210
Access to internet	0.743***	0.241	3.08	0.129***	0.040	3.200
Access to extension services	0.15	0.403	0.37	0.026	0.070	0.370
Awareness of the IITA herbicide calculator	0.654**	0.324	2.02	0.113**	0.055	2.040
Awareness of Akilimo	−0.779**	0.303	−2.57	−0.135**	0.051	−2.630
Ownership of smartphone	1.64***	0.361	4.54	0.284***	0.059	4.860
Use a paid phone application	1.183**	0.497	2.38	0.205**	0.085	2.400
Calibration spraying	0.162	0.242	0.67	0.028	0.042	0.670
Cost of application	0.78***	0.286	2.73	0.135***	0.048	2.800
Ease of use of the application	0.274	0.292	0.94	0.047	0.050	0.940
Innovativeness of application	−0.652	0.646	−1.01	−0.113	0.112	−1.010
The application used previously by other farmers	0.599	0.816	0.73	0.104	0.141	0.740
Constant	−1.788***	0.635	−2.81
Pseudo r-squared = 0.211		Number of observations = 564
Chi-square = 155.869		Prob > χ² = 0.000

				Marginal effects
	Coefficient	Standard error	t-value	dy/dx	Standard error	t-value
Female	−0.466*	0.242	−1.92	−0.081*	0.041	−1.950
Age	−0.005	0.01	−0.45	−0.001	0.002	−0.450
Primary education	0.591*	0.329	1.79	0.104	0.059	1.770
Secondary education	0.762**	0.355	2.15	0.133**	0.063	2.100
Tertiary education	0.274	0.477	0.57	0.049	0.086	0.570
Years of experience in farming	0.021*	0.012	1.80	0.004*	0.002	1.820
Training	0.51**	0.235	2.18	0.088**	0.040	2.210
Access to internet	0.743***	0.241	3.08	0.129***	0.040	3.200
Access to extension services	0.15	0.403	0.37	0.026	0.070	0.370
Awareness of the IITA herbicide calculator	0.654**	0.324	2.02	0.113**	0.055	2.040
Awareness of Akilimo	−0.779**	0.303	−2.57	−0.135**	0.051	−2.630
Ownership of smartphone	1.64***	0.361	4.54	0.284***	0.059	4.860
Use a paid phone application	1.183**	0.497	2.38	0.205**	0.085	2.400
Calibration spraying	0.162	0.242	0.67	0.028	0.042	0.670
Cost of application	0.78***	0.286	2.73	0.135***	0.048	2.800
Ease of use of the application	0.274	0.292	0.94	0.047	0.050	0.940
Innovativeness of application	−0.652	0.646	−1.01	−0.113	0.112	−1.010
The application used previously by other farmers	0.599	0.816	0.73	0.104	0.141	0.740
Constant	−1.788***	0.635	−2.81
Pseudo r-squared = 0.211		Number of observations = 564
Chi-square = 155.869		Prob > χ² = 0.000

Note(s): ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1

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