Table 4. Factors influencing use of different soil management technologies in the Chinyanja Triangle Variable Coefficient Std. error p value Soil Erosion structures Constant -1.561 0.518 0.003** Sex of household head 0.761 0.281 0.007** Perception of poverty -0.114 0.232 0.625 Perception of fertilizers -0.393 0.208 0.059* Perception of soil fertility -0.497 0.160 0.002** Hiring of labor -0.078 0.222 0.722 Land area in ha 0.356 0.083 0.000*** Bonding -0.289 0.113 0.798 Bridging and linking 0.0139 0.126 0.913 Gender 0.254 0.122 0.038* Age of household head 0.007 0.006 0.260 Household income 0.004 0.003 0.109 Crop rotation Constant -0.037 0.488 0.939 Sex of household head -0.049 0.244 0.984 Perception of poverty 0.058 0.225 0.794 Perception of fertilizers -0.516 0.209 0.014* Perception of soil fertility -0.155 0.149 0.299 Hiring of labor 0.638 0.219 0.004** Land area in ha 0.616 0.116 0.000*** Bonding -0.173 0.109 0.113 Bridging and linking -0.366 0.123 0.003** Gender -0.627 0.111 0.575 Age of household head 0.006 0.006 0.302 Household income -0.001 0.002 0.580 Incorporation of crop residue Constant -1.281 0.469 0.006** Sex of household head 0.271 0.231 0.241 Perception of poverty -0.011 0.218 0.960 Perception of fertilizers -0.102 0.197 0.604 Perception of soil fertility 0.903 0.141 0.524 Hiring of labor -0.377 0.207 0.069* Land area in ha 0.076 0.061 0.211 Bonding 0.072 0.102 0.482 Bridging and linking 0.261 0.120 0.030* Gender 0.025 0.106 0.811 Age of household head -0.002 0.006 0.726 Household income 0.001 0.003 0.004** Agroforestry trees Constant -1.704 0.557 0.002** Sex of household head -0.182 0.269 0.499 Perception of poverty -0.164 0.244 0.501 Perception of fertilizers -0.679 0.217 0.002** Perception of soil fertility -0.007 0.165 0.962 Hiring of labor 0.340 0.227 0.135 Land area in ha 0.091 0.659 0.169 Bonding -0.090 0.118 0.447 Bridging and linking -0.562 0.140 0.000*** Gender 0.308 0.136 0.024* Age of household head 0.014 0.007 0.047* Household income 0.002 0.002 0.368 Cover crops Constant -0.830 0.746 0.266 Sex of household head 0.554 0.437 0.205 Perception of poverty 0.602 0.315 0.849 Perception of fertilizers -1.018 0.276 0.000*** Perception of soil fertility -0.460 0.220 0.036* Hiring of labor 0.227 0.298 0.446 Land area in ha 0.104 0.072 0.150 Bonding 0.787 0.224 0.000*** Bridging and linking -0.168 0.171 0.324 Gender 0.680 0.209 0.001** Age of household head -0.006 0.009 0.539 Household income -0.003 0.005 0.557 Fallows Constant -2.793 0.618 0.000*** Sex of household head 0.808 0.326 0.013* Perception of poverty -0.660 0.281 0.019* Perception of fertilizers -0.999 0.233 0.000*** Perception of soil fertility -0.173 0.182 0.339 Hiring of labor 0.251 0.246 0.307 Land area in ha 0.296 0.085 0.001** Bonding -0.151 0.124 0.222 Bridging and linking -0.079 0.149 0.593 Gender -0.270 0.129 0.037* Age of household head 0.023 0.007 0.003** Household income 0.001 0.002 0.550 Inorganic Fertilizer Constant 2.596 0.566 0.000*** Sex of household head -0.694 0.287 0.016* Perception of poverty 0.447 0.275 0.104 Perception of fertilizers -0.348 0.239 0.147 Perception of soil fertility -0.076 0.166 0.649 Hiring of labor 0.938 0.267 0.000*** Land area in ha 0.191 0.114 0.094* Bonding 0.135 0.118 0.253 Bridging and linking -0.444 0.144 0.002** Gender -0.112 0.126 0.374 Age of household head -0.004 0.007 0.543 Household income 0.001 0.006 0.039*