Table 2 Factors influencing the farmers’ decision to participate in watershed management programs
Dependent variable | Description | Unit |
Y = LFP, Level of Farmers participation | Level of household heads’ participation in a watershed management program | 1 if participated, 0 otherwise |
Independent variables | Description | Unit |
X1 = OFI, Off-farm income obtained from non-farm activities | Off-farm income | 1 if a household is participated in off-farm activities, 0 otherwise |
X2 = LSO, Livestock ownership | Households livestock ownership | Number in TLU |
X3 = LRD, Periodic land redistribution | Periodic land redistribution | Yes = 1; No = 2 |
X4 = ES, Educational status | Educational status of the household head | 1 if a household head is literate, 0 otherwise |
X5 = LT, Land tenure security | Land tenure security of a household | Yes = 1; No = 2 |
X6 = GHH, Gender | Gender of the household head | 1 if a household head is male, 0 otherwise |
X7 = NALF, Agricultural labor force | Number of household members engaged in agricultural activities | Number |
X8 = FS, Farm size | Farm size of the household | Hectare (ha) |
X9 = EV, Frequency of extension visit | Frequency of agricultural extension visits received | At least four times in a year = 1; otherwise = 2 |
X10 = CS, Credit service | Access to credit services | Yes = 1; No= 2 |
X11 = PSNP, productive safety net program | Household heads’ productive safety net beneficiary | 1 if a household head is a PSNP beneficiary, 0 otherwise |
X12 = S, Slope | Slope of the farmland | 1 if the slope is gentle, 0 otherwise |