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Table 2: Description <strong>of</strong> Variables<br />

Variable Code Def<strong>in</strong>ition/expectation Expected<br />

sign<br />

Household size FSIZE High demand for cash to meet nongra<strong>in</strong> or Positive<br />

nonagricultural consumption needs <strong>of</strong> the<br />

household members triggers larger sales<br />

dur<strong>in</strong>g the first quarter.<br />

Gender SEX A dummy variable, which takes a 1 if the Positive<br />

household head is male and 0 otherwise. It<br />

is expected that male-headed households<br />

tend to market their crops earlier than<br />

female-headed households.<br />

Education level EDUC <strong>The</strong> highest level <strong>of</strong> formal education Negative<br />

achieved by a member <strong>of</strong> the household.<br />

Education is expected to <strong>in</strong>fluence the<br />

decision to sell gra<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> such a way that<br />

those households with higher education<br />

levels are hypothesized to demonstrate<br />

better- <strong>in</strong>formed sales decisions and vice<br />

versa. Proportion <strong>of</strong> gra<strong>in</strong> sales dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

first quarter is expected to be lower for<br />

those households with better education.<br />

Chemical<br />

application.<br />

CHEM A dummy variable that takes on a value <strong>of</strong><br />

1 if a household used chemicals to reduce<br />

post-harvest gra<strong>in</strong> loss and 0 otherwise.<br />

Application <strong>of</strong> pesticides is expected to<br />

reduce the risk <strong>of</strong> post-harvest gra<strong>in</strong> loss,<br />

Negative<br />

Storage<br />

capacity<br />

Livestock<br />

ownership<br />

Expectation <strong>of</strong><br />

losses<br />

STCAP<br />

TLU<br />

EXPLOSS<br />

thus reduc<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stant gra<strong>in</strong> sales.<br />

Estimated total nonbag storage capacity<br />

owned by households. With larger<br />

capacities <strong>of</strong> granaries, the proportion <strong>of</strong><br />

gra<strong>in</strong>s to be sold dur<strong>in</strong>g the first quarter is<br />

expected to be less.<br />

Total livestock owned by households<br />

expressed <strong>in</strong> terms <strong>of</strong> Tropical Livestock<br />

Units. Standard conversion factors have<br />

been used for different categories <strong>of</strong><br />

livestock (see Appendix Table 2).<br />

Livestock ownership is expected to reduce<br />

<strong>in</strong>stant crop sales s<strong>in</strong>ce households may<br />

resort to livestock (and/or livestock<br />

products) sales to meet cash needs.<br />

<strong>The</strong> proportion <strong>of</strong> output that farmers<br />

expect to lose due to storage pests (or<br />

other factors) if gra<strong>in</strong> crops were to be<br />

stored until prices rise substantially (<strong>in</strong><br />

this case until the third quarter). It is<br />

hypothesized that fear <strong>of</strong> risk <strong>of</strong> loss<br />

might cause farmers to sell their crops<br />

Negative<br />

Negative<br />

Positive

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