Table X. Estimates of the probit model...

Table X.

Estimates of the probit model and marginal effects of farm mechanization and supplemental irrigation in Andhra Pradesh

Variable	Farm mechanization		Supplemental irrigation
Variable	Coefficient	Marginal effects	Coefficient	Marginal effects
Constant	1.5104*	–	−5.7944***	–
First moment	0.1140**	0.0153	1.2935**	0.1075
Second moment	1.0393	0.1396	3.7172***	0.3090*
Third moment	−0.1914	−0.0257	−0.8152***	−0.0678*
Household characteristics
Age (years)	0.0163	0.0022	−0.0361*	−0.0030
Gender	−0.8469	−0.0637**	1.3060	0.0417*
Education	0.1126	0.0151	0.3486***	0.0290**
Marital status	1.0046	0.2427	−1.4681	−0.3309
Married years	−0.0032	−0.0004	0.0428**	0.0036*
Household size (number)	−0.0432	−0.0058	0.0605	0.0050
Experience in farming (years)	−0.0131	−0.0018	0.0085	0.0007
Earning male members	0.0259	0.0035	0.0521	0.0043
Earning female members	0.0031	0.0004	−0.0838	−0.0070
Health status	0.0314	0.0042	−0.1250	−0.0104
Farm size (ha)	−0.0218	−0.0029	0.2385***	0.0198*
Livestock ownership	−0.0515	−0.0069	−0.0511	−0.0043
Distance to market for sales (km)	0.0034	0.0005	0.0029	0.0002
Location (D.V. = 1 for Anantapur and 0 otherwise)	−2.8341***	−0.4667***	1.8235***	0.1880**
Number of visits made by farmers to extension officials	0.0062	0.0008	−0.0732	−0.0061
Number of visits made by extension officials to farmers	0.0506	0.0068	0.3203**	0.0266**
Climate shocks
SC1AP	0.4069*	0.0492*	0.2474	0.0224
SC2AP	−0.9175*	−0.1775	−0.3150	−0.0225
SC3AP	0.4111	0.0416	0.9064*	0.1482
SC4AP	0.5807	0.0531	−0.8601	−0.0377
Farm practice
cfaig	−0.3993	−0.0642	−0.0780	−0.0062
cfccp	−0.1598	−0.0230	0.2591	0.0247
cfcpd	0.0035	0.0005	0.3849	0.0411
cfic	0.1699	0.0206	1.0339**	0.1701
cpsi	0.2243	0.0264	–	–
cfsls	0.4188	0.0464*	0.6808**	0.0832
cnfbm	0.3595	0.0585	0.0311	0.0025
Cnfrag	0.2993	0.0379	−0.3216	−0.0249
Investment in farm machinery (INR)	0.0005***	0.0000**	0.0000	0.0000
Investment in infrastructure (INR)	0.0000	0.0000*	0.0000	0.0000
Relative risk premium	0.5145***	0.0691***	0.1721	0.0143
McFadden R²	0.2864		0.6623

Variable	Farm mechanization		Supplemental irrigation
Variable	Coefficient	Marginal effects	Coefficient	Marginal effects
Constant	1.5104*	–	−5.7944***	–
First moment	0.1140**	0.0153	1.2935**	0.1075
Second moment	1.0393	0.1396	3.7172***	0.3090*
Third moment	−0.1914	−0.0257	−0.8152***	−0.0678*
Household characteristics
Age (years)	0.0163	0.0022	−0.0361*	−0.0030
Gender	−0.8469	−0.0637**	1.3060	0.0417*
Education	0.1126	0.0151	0.3486***	0.0290**
Marital status	1.0046	0.2427	−1.4681	−0.3309
Married years	−0.0032	−0.0004	0.0428**	0.0036*
Household size (number)	−0.0432	−0.0058	0.0605	0.0050
Experience in farming (years)	−0.0131	−0.0018	0.0085	0.0007
Earning male members	0.0259	0.0035	0.0521	0.0043
Earning female members	0.0031	0.0004	−0.0838	−0.0070
Health status	0.0314	0.0042	−0.1250	−0.0104
Farm size (ha)	−0.0218	−0.0029	0.2385***	0.0198*
Livestock ownership	−0.0515	−0.0069	−0.0511	−0.0043
Distance to market for sales (km)	0.0034	0.0005	0.0029	0.0002
Location (D.V. = 1 for Anantapur and 0 otherwise)	−2.8341***	−0.4667***	1.8235***	0.1880**
Number of visits made by farmers to extension officials	0.0062	0.0008	−0.0732	−0.0061
Number of visits made by extension officials to farmers	0.0506	0.0068	0.3203**	0.0266**
Climate shocks
SC1AP	0.4069*	0.0492*	0.2474	0.0224
SC2AP	−0.9175*	−0.1775	−0.3150	−0.0225
SC3AP	0.4111	0.0416	0.9064*	0.1482
SC4AP	0.5807	0.0531	−0.8601	−0.0377
Farm practice
cfaig	−0.3993	−0.0642	−0.0780	−0.0062
cfccp	−0.1598	−0.0230	0.2591	0.0247
cfcpd	0.0035	0.0005	0.3849	0.0411
cfic	0.1699	0.0206	1.0339**	0.1701
cpsi	0.2243	0.0264	–	–
cfsls	0.4188	0.0464*	0.6808**	0.0832
cnfbm	0.3595	0.0585	0.0311	0.0025
Cnfrag	0.2993	0.0379	−0.3216	−0.0249
Investment in farm machinery (INR)	0.0005***	0.0000**	0.0000	0.0000
Investment in infrastructure (INR)	0.0000	0.0000*	0.0000	0.0000
Relative risk premium	0.5145***	0.0691***	0.1721	0.0143
McFadden R²	0.2864		0.6623

Notes:

*, ** and *** Significant at 10, 5 and 1%, respectively; D.V. = Dummy variable

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