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Table 1 Association between determinants (discrete variables) of sesame production decisions

From: Impacts of adaptation to climate change on farmers’ food security and level of sesame production in Western Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Producers (n)

Non-producers (n)

Chi-square value

Sex

Female

24

5

22.14***

Credit access

Yes

153

46

8.34***

Coop membership

Yes

189

65

5.76***

Farm extension

Yes

173

62

3.09*

Income nonfarm

Yes

60

35

2.99*

Food availability

Yes

251

66

10.43**

Access price info

Yes

195

76

1.17 ns

Selling channels

Via brokers

150

99

31.76*

  1. ***, **, * and ns represents significant at 1%, 5%, 10% and not significant, respectively