Crop Variety Selection Cultural Management Soil Management
Explanatory variables Short lived rice Salt tolerant rice Transplanting Shortening the lifespan of long-lived rice Compost/ Manure
Application
Growing Legumes after Monsoon Rice
Constant 3.192
(13.67)
0.591*
(1.848)
0.165
(1.046)
0.355
(1.060)
2.271*
(1.144)
-1.398
(1.222)
Farm size 0.023
(0.059)
0.092*
(0.055)
0.021
(0.046)
0.020
(0.049)
0.101*
(0.049)
0.085*
(0.049)
Educational level 0.004
(0.052)
0.037
(0.055)
0.050
(0.045)
-0.037
(0.050)
-0.087*
(0.051)
-0.065
(0.054)
Family agricultural labor 0.191
(0.143)
-0.118
(0.174)
-0.160
(0.131)
0.079
(0.138)
0.010
(0.131)
0.103
(0.149)
Land ownership -3.933
(13.67)
-1.135
(1.581)
0.030
(0.659)
-0.757
(0.736)
-0.087
(0.724)
0.436
(0.833)
Farming experience 0.000
(0.014)
0.003
(0.014)
-0.006
(0.012)
-0.009
(0.013)
-0.009
(0.013)
0.015
(0.014)
Farm income 1.13E-07*
(6.33E_08)
-4.59E-07***
(1.07E-07)
1.24E-07*
(5.62E-08)
1.78E-07
(7.57E-08)
2.67E-07***
(6.38E-08)
+1.59E-07*
(7.46E-08)
Non-farm income 1.14E-07
(2.26E-07)
7.97E-08
(2.92E-07)
-2.08E-07
(2.42E-07)
3.17E-07
(2.63E-07)
-2.94E-07
(3.01E-07)
-7.41E-10
(3.13E-07)
Extension Frequency -0.002
(0.099)
-0.026
(0.109)
-0.077
(0.096)
0.158
(0.109)
-0.024
(0.101)
0.007
(0.120)
Training Frequency 0.786**
(0.304)
0.415
(0.338)
-0.668*
(0.292)
-0.611*
(0.307)
-0.696*
(0.324)
0.539
(0.364)
Institutional credit -2.68E-07
(1.03E-06)
2.22E-06*
(1.06E-06)
1.06E-06
(9.40E-07)
8.97E-07
(9.65E-07)
-2.19E-06*
(1.13E-06)
-8.48E-07
(1.05E-06)
Access to climate information 0.263
(0.439)
-0.261
(0.623)
-0.295
(0.413)
0.255
(0.463)
0.269
(0.489)
0.151
(0.503)
Low land -0.418
(0.409)
1.018*
(0.503)
0.773*
(0.416)
-0.268
(0.427)
-0.203
(0.408)
-0.964*
(0.498)
Observations 105          
Log Likelihood -305.49          
Wald χ2(72) 115.12          
Prob>χ2 0.00009          
  Rho 1 Rho 2 Rho 3 Rho 4 Rho 5  
Rho2 -0.584***
(0.158)
         
Rho3 -0.426**
(0.160)
-0.188
(0.207)
       
Rho4 0.131
(0.189)
0.117
(0.183)
-0.141
(0.169)
     
Rho5 -0.300*
(0.165)
0.113
(0.205)
-0.053
(0.182)
0.319*
(0.172)
   
Rho6 -0.188*
(0.207)
0.018
(0.218)
-0.139
(0.197)
0.242
(0.175)
-0.119
(0.198)
 
Likelihood ratio test of rho21=rho31=rho41 ....rho54=rho64=rho65 = 0: chi2 (15)=23.2178 Prob> chi2=0.0796
Standard errors are given in parenthesis
***,**,*, Significant at 1%; 5% and 10 % respectively
Table 3: Multivariate Probit Model: Factors Influencing Agricultural Adaptation Practices to Rainfall Variability and Salinity (EMB Farmers).