Table 13 Estimates of the models of technology adoption for rice farmers
From: Production risk and adoption of irrigation technology: evidence from small-scale farmers in Chile
Variables | Probit on selected sample Modern irrigation = 1 |
|---|---|
Moments of production distribution | |
Mean | 0.174 (0.624) |
St. Dev. | −0.484 (1.118) |
Skewness | −0.0798 (0.267) |
Household characteristics | |
Gender | −0.000576 (0.000825) |
Age | −0.202 (0.195) |
Education | 0.0312 (0.0416) |
Reside in farm | 0.0696 (0.179) |
Dependence | −0.00207 (0.00573) |
Capital | 0.230* (0.120) |
Land | 0.0139 (0.112) |
Institutional aspects | |
Secure tenure | 0.842 (0.525) |
Extension | 0.168 (0.187) |
Credit | 0.0586 (0.129) |
Participation | 0.423*** (0.153) |
N° irrigat (T) | −0.000289 (0.000230) |
N° irrigat (M) | 0.00799*** (0.00284) |
Environmental factors | |
Soil quality | −0.463 (0.606) |
Rainfall | 0.0999 (0.599) |
Constant | −3.195 (3.696) |
Observations | 1534 |