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Table 6 Marginal effects for factors that influence EBFMPs adoption

From: Promoting sustainable agriculture in Africa through ecosystem-based farm management practices: evidence from Ghana

Variables

NBM’s marginal effects

CIS

GIS

Pooled

dy/dx

SE

dy/dx

SE

dy/dx

SE

Age

0.012

0.016

0.032

0.013**

0.023

0.010**

Sex

0.070

0.357

− 0.061

0.362

− 0.001

0.238

Educ_d

0.169

0.386

− 0.069

0.290

0.088

0.232

Ext_visits_d

0.656

0.380*

0.135

0.285

0.326

0.228

Fm_dist. (km)

− 0.974

0.345***

− 0.286

0.152*

− 0.499

0.158***

Fm_size (Acres)

0.167

0.441

0.014

0.130

0.019

0.145

Soil_perception

0.669

0.378*

0.716

0.400*

0.658

0.258**

Knw_EBFMPs

0.070

0.049

0.112

0.042***

0.089

0.031***

Irrig_type

    

0.548

0.279**

  1. Source: Field survey, 2016
  2. *, **, ***Represent 10, 5 and 1% levels of significance respectively