Table 8. Factors determining rice...

Table 8.

Factors determining rice farmers’ adaptation decision to climate change

Variables	Use of adapted rice varieties		Change of farming calendar		Use of irrigation		Water management techniques
Variables	Coefficient	dy/dx	Coefficient	dy/dx	Coefficient	dy/dx	Coefficient	dy/dx
Male headed household	−0.163	0.002	28.664	−2.199	−0.849	0.053	−0.714	−0.040
Age	0.004	0.011	−1.852	0.144	−0.036	0.006	0.023	0.006
Household size	−0.017	−0.018	4.328	−0.337	0.085	−0.016	−0.023	−0.017
Education	−0.055	0.065	−30.761	2.571	−18.482	1.742	0.584	0.160
Experience	−0.004	0.002	−1.114	0.090	0.009	0.003	−0.025	0.008
Land ownership	−0.722*	0.085	6.915	−0.685	16.288	−1.475	0.410	−0.104
Training in rice production	−0.507	−0.032	105.766	−8.246	−1.230	−0.132	0.246	−0.505
Membership of rice farmers association	0.109	−0.017	−1.379	0.113	−4.725*	0.375	1.002	−0.099
Use of fertilizer	0.865**	−0.262	−1.673	−0.516	−4.316	−0.557	17.300	−2.079
Irrigation	−0.033	0.262	−88.055	7.762	−17.439	2.769	−18.360	2.678
Extension services	−0.409	0.140	−60.088	4.739	2.723	0.008	−1.446*	0.477
Land size	−0.078	−0.002	10.435	−0.834	0.651	−0.100	0.393*	−0.095
Use of improved varieties	0.515	0.122	−58.625	5.352	−14.419	2.298	−16.814	2.305
Soudanian zone	1.564*	−0.206	−56.796	4.327	3.939	−0.353	0.437	0.108
Soudano–Guinean zone	−1.419**	0.173	−9.378	0.376	9.492	−1.160	8.146	−0.870
Guinean zone	−0.723**	0.074	−6.243	0.217	7.820	−0.940	5.695	−0.632
Constant	−0.213		−20.503		−21.736		−20.136
Base category	No adaptation
Number of observation	418
Log likelihood	−241.96892
LR chi² (63)	300.92
Prob > chi2	0.0000
Pseudo R²	0.3834

Variables	Use of adapted rice varieties		Change of farming calendar		Use of irrigation		Water management techniques
Variables	Coefficient	dy/dx	Coefficient	dy/dx	Coefficient	dy/dx	Coefficient	dy/dx
Male headed household	−0.163	0.002	28.664	−2.199	−0.849	0.053	−0.714	−0.040
Age	0.004	0.011	−1.852	0.144	−0.036	0.006	0.023	0.006
Household size	−0.017	−0.018	4.328	−0.337	0.085	−0.016	−0.023	−0.017
Education	−0.055	0.065	−30.761	2.571	−18.482	1.742	0.584	0.160
Experience	−0.004	0.002	−1.114	0.090	0.009	0.003	−0.025	0.008
Land ownership	−0.722*	0.085	6.915	−0.685	16.288	−1.475	0.410	−0.104
Training in rice production	−0.507	−0.032	105.766	−8.246	−1.230	−0.132	0.246	−0.505
Membership of rice farmers association	0.109	−0.017	−1.379	0.113	−4.725*	0.375	1.002	−0.099
Use of fertilizer	0.865**	−0.262	−1.673	−0.516	−4.316	−0.557	17.300	−2.079
Irrigation	−0.033	0.262	−88.055	7.762	−17.439	2.769	−18.360	2.678
Extension services	−0.409	0.140	−60.088	4.739	2.723	0.008	−1.446*	0.477
Land size	−0.078	−0.002	10.435	−0.834	0.651	−0.100	0.393*	−0.095
Use of improved varieties	0.515	0.122	−58.625	5.352	−14.419	2.298	−16.814	2.305
Soudanian zone	1.564*	−0.206	−56.796	4.327	3.939	−0.353	0.437	0.108
Soudano–Guinean zone	−1.419**	0.173	−9.378	0.376	9.492	−1.160	8.146	−0.870
Guinean zone	−0.723**	0.074	−6.243	0.217	7.820	−0.940	5.695	−0.632
Constant	−0.213		−20.503		−21.736		−20.136
Base category	No adaptation
Number of observation	418
Log likelihood	−241.96892
LR chi² (63)	300.92
Prob > chi2	0.0000
Pseudo R²	0.3834

Note:

**and

***statistically significant at 10, 5 and 1%, respectively

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