Explanatory variables Crop Variety Selection Cultural Management Soil Management Water Management
Short-lived rice Salt tolerant rice Transplanting Shortening the lifespan of long-lived rice Compost/ Manure Application Gypsum Application Desalinization Intermittent Flooding Building the small embankment
Constant -0.475
(1.00)
-2.343* (1.099) 0.064
(1.043)
-1.067
(0.971)
-0.176
(0.951)
-5.434
(101.73)
-2.010* (1.209) -2.727** (1.209) -3.246* (1.351)
Farm size -0.060* (0.035) 0.085* (0.038) 0.070* (0.040) 0.005
(0.027)
-0.028
(0.025)
-0.008
(0.034)
0.017
(0.030)
0.026
(0.026)
0.083
(0.035)
Educational level 0.015
(0.042)
0.014
(0.045)
0.007
(0.043)
0.006
(0.043)
-0.002
(0.036)
0.014
(0.054)
-0.068
(0.051)
0.072* (0.044) -0.045
(0.052)
Family agricultural labor 0.178
(0.126)
0.186
(0.128)
-0.038
(0.138)
0.020
(0.122)
0.036
(0.124)
0.291* (0.151) 0.216
(0.149)
0.014
(0.125)
0.144
(0.142)
Land Ownership -0.760
(0.667)
1.727* (0.753) 0.517
(0.761)
0.427
(0.685)
-0.386
(0.629)
3.430
(101.73)
0.515
(0.828)
0.838
(0.684)
0.972
(0.921)
Farming experience 0.001
(0.011)
-0.012
(0.011)
-0.006
(0.012)
0.004
(0.012)
0.002
(0.011)
-0.002
(0.014)
-0.014
(0.014)
0.031* (0.012) -0.010
(0.014)
Farm Income 3.04E-07** (0.000) 1.76E-07
(0.000)
-2.08E-07* (1.16E-07) 2.54E-08
(9.59E-08)
2.47E-07* (9.93E-08) 2.33E-07* (1.12E-07) -3.33E-07* (1.29E-07) 9.24E-09
(9.54E-08)
-4.63E-07** (1.38E-07)
Non-farm Income 4.17E-08
(0.000)
6.24E-08
(0.000)
3.51E-08
(1.36E-07)
1.34E-07
(1.20E-07)
4.29E-08
(1.21E-07)
-1.37E-07
(1.78E-07)
4.81E-07** (1.76E-07) 9.39E-08* (1.30E-07) 1.75E-07
(1.57E-07)
Extension Frequency 0.096
(0.090)
-0.016
(0.093)
-0.097
(0.093)
0.127
(0.088)
0.012
(0.085)
0.099
(0.102)
-0.018
(0.125)
-0.196* (0.093) 0.021
(0.112)
Training Frequency 0.248
(0.269)
0.448* (0.258) -0.243
(0.264)
-0.441* (0.255) 0.359
(0.254)
0.420
(0.352)
-0.061
(0.297)
0.141
(0.262)
0.260
(0.313)
Institutional credit 1.31E-06* (0.000) 3.06E-07
(0.000)
-0.026
(6.21E-07)
-8.32E-07
(5.95E-07)
5.42E-07
(5.25E-07)
-4.83E-07
(7.46E-07)
3.06E-07
(7.18E-07)
7.85E-07
(5.58E-07)
5.44E-07
(6.10E-07)
Access to climate information -0.093
(0.297)
0.193
(0.303)
-0.025
(0.307)
0.395
(0.301)
0.397
(0.287)
0.035
(0.376)
-0.591
(0.369)
-0.186
(0.281)
0.465
(0.386)
Lowland soil -0.190
(0.269)
0.010
(0.259)
0.064
(0.282)
0.104
(0.267)
-0.358
(0.262)
-0.054
(0.348)
2.204** (0.480) 0.475** (0.264) 0.808* (0.373)
Observations 135                
Log Likelihood -577.53                
Wald χ2(108) 163.01                
Prob>χ2 0.00005                
  Rho1 Rho 2 Rho 3 Rho 4 Rho 5 Rho 6 Rho 7 Rho 8 Rho 9
Rho2 -0.127
(0.150)
               
Rho3 -0.283*
(0.138)
-0.277*
(0.153)
             
Rho4 -0.254*
(0.142)
-0.159
(0.150)
0.433**
(0.140)
           
Rho5 0.147
(0.139)
0.151
(0.137)
-0.026
(0.156)
-0.134
(0.138)
         
Rho6 -0.144
(0.172)
-0.153
(0.175)
-0.094
(0.176)
0.223
(0.172)
0.391*
(0.180)
       
Rho7 -0.134
(0.168)
-0.262
(0.163)
0.407**
(0.133)
0.303*
(0.142)
0.143
(0.157)
0.214
(0.200)
     
Rho8 0.025
(0.143)
-0.277
(0.140)
0.015
(0.163)
-0.123
(0.132)
-0.429**
(0.121)
-0.262
(0.230)
-0.189
(0.177)
   
Rho 9 -0.223
(0.155)
-0.416**
(0.153)
0.385**
(0.139)
0.317*
(0.156)
-0.027
(0.180)
0.291
(0.181)
0.857**
(0.098)
-0.129
(0.166)
 
Likelihood ratio test of rho21=rho31=rho41=..... =rho87=rho97=rho98=0: chi2(36)= 79.1144 Prob>chi2=0.0000
Standard errors are given in parenthesis
***, **,*, Significant at 1%; 5% and 10 % respectively
Table 2: Multivariate Probit Model: Factors Influencing Agricultural Adaptation Practices to Rainfall Variability and Salinity (NEMB Farmers).