3.3.2. Age of Household Head

The negative coefficient on age shows that elderly heads of households were less likely to adopt any of the seven on-farm adaptation strategies than off-farm adaptation strategies. This implies that households headed by younger people were more likely to adopt any of the on-farm adaptation strategies or combinations thereof, than they would off-farm adaptations. The influence of age was only significant (*p* < 0.05) on the adoption of two different adaptation strategies, i.e., of Land, Soil, and Water Conservation Adaptations as well as on the adoption of Crop + Land, Soil, and Water Conservation Adaptations. A unit increase in the age of the farmer was therefore expected to significantly (*p* < 0.05) reduce the chances of adopting these two adaptation strategies while chances of all the other remaining strategies decline but not significantly.

Adult heads of households (41–60 years) were more likely to adopt Land, Soil, and Water Conservation Adaptations Only; Land, Soil, and Water + Livestock-related adaptations; Crop Adaptations Only; Crop + Land, Soil, and Water Conservation Adaptations and Crop + Livestock + Land, Soil, and Water Conservation Adaptations than off-farm adaptations. The only adaptation that was more likely to be significantly adopted by adult heads of households (*p* < 0.05) was Crop + Land, Soil, and Water Conservation Adaptations. Adult heads of households were also less likely to adopt Livestock-related Adaptations Only and Crop + Livestock-related Adaptations compared to off-farm adaptations though not significantly (*p* > 0.05) while young heads of households were more likely to adopt these on-farm adaptations. Elderly heads of households (>60 years) were more likely to adopt all the on-farm adaptation strategies, except for Crop + Livestock-related Adaptations, compared to off-farm adaptations. The only adaptation that the elderly heads of households were more likely to adopt significantly (*p* < 0.05) compared to off-farm adaptations was Crop + Land, Soil, and Water Conservation Adaptations.
