Factors affecting the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices: Findings from panel data for Vietnam

Pham, Huong Giang; Chuah, Swee‐Hoon; Feeny, Simon

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107000

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“…Empirical evidence suggests that salient factors for the adoption of improved practices include knowledge transfer through social networks, such as extension agents and peer farmers [60,[65][66][67], economic implications (e.g., expected income increment and cost reduction) [68][69][70], and farmers' attitude toward human and environmental health [58].…”

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Improving Hill Farming: From Maize Monocropping to Alternative Cropping Systems in the Thai Highlands

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Lately, the Hill Pond Rice System (HPRS) is being promoted as a form of alternative farming systems in selected northern provinces of Thailand, in which the land conversion is designed to maximize rainwater harvesting in farmland consisting of forest trees, water reservoirs, paddy fields, and high-value crop cultivation to serve environmental and livelihood needs. This study employed the double-hurdle model and the tobit technique to investigate the farm-level factors associated with land conversion from maize monocropping to the HPRS using primary data collected from 253 households in Nan, Chiang Mai, Tak, and Lampang Provinces. It was found that education, farming knowledge, understanding benefits of the HPRS, access to water sources, access to advis, and workforce sharing raised the likelihood and extent of farmland conversion into the HPRS. In contrast, perceived complexity of the HPRS, experiences with negative shocks, and land tenure security lowered the likelihood and extent of land conversion. The findings suggest that on-farm collective action should be promoted to mitigate labor constraints in implementation and that access to equipment should be enhanced through HPRS advisors’ visits.

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Improving Hill Farming: From Maize Monocropping to Alternative Cropping Systems in the Thai Highlands

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Tsusaka

Datta

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“…(a) Worker behavior. Pham Huong-Giang et al found that the knowledge transfer and peer learning of the production workers had a significant impact on agricultural productivity, and suggested strengthening the cooperation between extension agencies, farmer groups, and peers [34]. (b) Type of agricultural system.…”

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Ways to Improve the Productivity of Oasis Agriculture: Increasing the Scale of Household Production and Human Capital? A Case Study on Seed Maize Production in Northwest China

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Oasis agriculture in arid areas faces the constraints of scarce resources and a fragile ecological environment. Improving agricultural production efficiency is the key solution. However, there are few studies analyzing the relationship between farmers’ production efficiency and planting scale from a micro-empirical perspective. Herein, we study the seed-producing corn growers in Zhangye city, and supplement special survey data with national input–output survey data. We use data envelopment analysis to measure agricultural production efficiency, and tobit regression to calculate the marginal effects of factors affecting production efficiency on farms of different scales. The results show that production efficiency is greater for large-scale farmers than for small-scale farmers. Duration of technical training, education time of laborers, planting income, and productive expenditure are significantly positively correlated with production efficiency. Average age of farmers and the amount of pesticide and fertilizer use are significantly negatively correlated with production efficiency. Off-farm activities improve the production efficiency of small-scale farmers but inhibit it for medium- and large-scale farmers. Differences exist in marginal impacts for different scales of farmland. We conclude that expanding the scale of family farms and optimizing human capital are effective for improving agricultural production efficiency in arid oasis areas.

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“…Soil management is an essential element of food systems. It is even more important today given that 30% of the total global land is degraded (Sterk and Stoorvogel, 2020) and that it plays a critical role in the adoption decisions farmers make on the use of fertilizers and water conservation practices, among others (Pham et al, 2021).…”

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“…The low adoption rate has been widely studied and different reasons have been identified. First, farmers' characteristics like age, training, and social capital influence adoption rates (Feder and Umali, 1993;Abadi Ghadim and Pannell, 1999;Pham et al, 2021). Older farmers are more risk averse and therefore it is less probable that they will adopt new technologies or practices.…”

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Factors affecting the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices: Findings from panel data for Vietnam

Cited by 42 publications

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Improving Hill Farming: From Maize Monocropping to Alternative Cropping Systems in the Thai Highlands

Improving Hill Farming: From Maize Monocropping to Alternative Cropping Systems in the Thai Highlands

Ways to Improve the Productivity of Oasis Agriculture: Increasing the Scale of Household Production and Human Capital? A Case Study on Seed Maize Production in Northwest China

Understanding smallholder’s productivity by measuring food losses, soil perception and soil variability

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