Table 8 Coefficient estimates of the multivariate probit model (p values in parentheses)
Explanatory variables | Dependent variables (choice of SLM practices) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical measures | Agoforestry | Agronomic | Indigenous | |
Households characteristics | ||||
 Years of schooling | − 0.043 (0.25) | − 0.055 (0.1) | − 0.0014 (0.9) | 0.075 (0.1) |
 Labor availability | 0.099 (0.07) | − 0.217 (0.02) | − 0.056 (0.5) | 0.1009 (0.36) |
 Dummy male | − 0.185 (0.5) | 0.275 (0.86) | 0.673 (0.05) | − 0.972 (0.01) |
Farming system-related variables | ||||
 Plot size | 0.183 (0.04) | 0.027 (0.75) | 0.017 (0.81) | − 0.204 (0.04) |
 Farm input | 0.00025 (0.08) | 0.00032 (0.01) | 0.00022 (0.08) | − 0.00035 (0.04) |
 Irrigation access | 0.33 (0.45) | 0.468 (0.1) | 0.015 (0.96) | − 2.979 (0.97) |
 Zero-grazing | 0.943 (0.000) | 0.101 (0.74) | − 0.119 (0.68) | − 0.742 (0.03) |
Plot level attributes and agro-ecology | ||||
 Gentle slope (steep as a reference) | − 0.426 (0.09) | 0.662 (0.04) | 0.700 (0.03) | − 0.472 (0.2) |
 Medium slope (steep as a reference) | − 0.38 (0.1) | 0.398 (0.1) | 0.576 (0.04) | − 0.329 (0.34) |
 Begashka (Hintalo as a reference) | 1.747 (0.000) | 0.28 (0.5) | 0.16 (0.71) | − 2.463 (0.000) |
 Kaal-amin (Hintalo as a reference) | 1.666 (0.000) | − 0.58 (0.1) | − 0.311 (0.48) | − 2.672 (0.000) |
Institutional supports and infrastructure | ||||
 Extension service | − 0.008 (0.02) | − 0.00068 (0.8) | − 0.00016 (0.96) | 0.011 (0.01) |
 Market access | 0.001 (0.8) | − 0.008 (0.06) | − 0.006 (0.1) | 0.003 (0.5) |
 Credit access | − 0.655 (0.002) | 0.428 (0.09) | 0.527 (0.03) | − 0.412 (0.1) |
 Constant | 0.194 (0.85) | − 2.111 (0.06) | − 1.693 (0.08) | 0.954 (0.42) |
 Model summary | Log likelihood = − 184.11 | Likelihood ratio test Chi2 (21) = 16.7, Prob > chi2 = 0.000 | Prob > chi2 = 0.0011 | Log likelihood = − 184.11 |