Research Article

Value Chain Analysis of Highland Bamboo (Yushania alpina) in Banja District, Awi Zone, Ethiopia

Table 6

The result of multicollinearity tests for continuous and dummy variables.

VariablesVIF1/VIF

Number of culms harvested2.400.42
Land for bamboo plantation1.650.61
Age1.400.71
Family size1.330.75
Distance1.180.85
Frequency of extension service1.140.87
Price1.060.95
Mean VIF1.45

VariablesContingency coefficient for dummy variables

Education0.73
Access to market information0.59
Silviculture management0.60
Value addition participation0.48