Table II

Certified food production and agrochemical use: fixed effects regression results

FertilizerPesticide
(1)(2)(3)(3)
Certified production
Certified production18.57 (1.580)4.566 (0.548)0.413 (0.865)−0.215 (−0.537)
Certified duration 5.041 (1.418) 0.226* (1.864)
Selected explanatory variables
Sown area−0.448*** (−2.688)−0.454*** (−2.754)−0.00849* (−1.729)−0.00873* (−1.804)
Sown area squared0.000493** (2.510)0.000498** (2.556)1.01e-05 (1.644)1.03e-05* (1.692)
Household labor per mu−0.500 (−0.645)−0.520 (−0.670)0.120** (2.427)0.119** (2.403)
Agro tools per mu−0.624 (−0.760)−0.647 (−0.792)0.0106 (0.189)0.00961 (0.171)
Machinery power per mu0.194** (2.588)0.188*** (2.664)0.00568*** (2.842)0.00541*** (2.654)
Green house %0.349*** (3.084)0.354*** (3.184)0.0209* (1.861)0.0211* (1.858)
Irrigation %−0.0634 (−1.642)−0.0643 (−1.662)−0.000777 (−0.275)−0.000813 (−0.289)
Agricultural as main income source4.063* (1.676)3.768 (1.641)0.190 (1.278)0.176 (1.188)
Non-cropping income−0.0585* (−1.720)−0.0563 (−1.627)−0.00143 (−1.348)−0.00132 (−1.273)
Fertilizer price−14.28*** (−4.246)−14.30*** (−4.257)  
Pesticide price  −0.0414*** (−7.543)−0.0415*** (−7.493)
Extension service0.138 (0.0295)0.385 (0.0821)−0.861 (−1.606)−0.850 (−1.590)
Staple crop subsidy−9.759* (−1.773)−9.288* (−1.771)−0.214 (−0.644)−0.193 (−0.604)
Crop structureYesYesYesYes
Year dummiesYesYesYesYes
Constant87.73*** (6.176)88.51*** (6.214)1.328* (1.773)1.364* (1.807)
Observations34,56934,56934,56934,569
R20.1010.1030.0340.034

Notes:t-statistics in the parentheses. Standard errors are cluster-adjusted at the village level. *,**,***Significant 10, 5 and 1 percent level, respectively

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