Participation in the Farmer‐Owned Reserve Program: A Discrete Choice Model

Auction winning, social dynamics and non-compliance in a payment for ecosystem services scheme in Indonesia

“…Regarding the economic aspects of farmers' capacity to win the auction rounds and the final contract, our results agree with the economic perspective by which farm size is associated with a farmer's decision to participate and succeed in conservation programmes (Chambers and Foster, 1983;Kwayu et al, 2014;Zbiden and Lee, 2005). Farmers with large landholdings are more open to innovations because they have sufficient production capacity and income and, possibly, enjoy economies of scale.…”

“…Further, soil and water conservation concerns did not appear to be the main drivers of the European farmers' decision of whether to shift to conservation agriculture. Instead, most adopters of conservation agriculture were large-scale farmers (Chambers and Foster, 1983;Kwayu et al, 2014;Zbiden and Lee, 2005). A lack of knowledge on conservation agriculture systems and their management and the absence of dynamic and effective innovation systems made it difficult and economically risky for European farmers to practice new conservation agriculture techniques.…”

Cooperative patronage: The National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi in Kasungu District

“…Maurice & Adelman (1988) argue that no single theory of causation can embrace all aspects of adoption and explain the traditional attitude of small farmers towards technologies or interventions in developing countries. Studies based on random utility maximisation models argue that individuals choose to adopt new technologies or to participate in programmes if they yield relatively high levels of satisfaction (utility) (see Chambers & Foster, 1983;Klein et al, 1997;Adesina et al, 2000;Sidibe, 2005). According to Negatu & Parikh (1999) the user-technique characteristics model is commonly used to model participation and technique adoption decisions.…”

Farmer participation in reforestation incentive programs in Costa Rica

“…Prior analyses have commonly been applied to a variety of farm and resource management programs in the United States in which farmers' program participation is modeled econometrically as a function of a variety of economic, demographic, and farm system variables (Chambers and Foster, 1983;Lee and Boisvert, 1985;Rahm and Huffman, 1984). The extension of this type of analysis to reforestation programs is straightforward as the latter also involves farmers' tradeoffs of net program benefits with the opportunity costs of participation.…”

“…A farm household can be expected to allocate land, labor, and capital resources to reforestation efforts if that strategy yields the largest utility for the household (Chambers and Foster, 1983;Rahm and Huffman, 1984). Based on previous research on farm program participation by Chambers and Foster (1983), Lee and Boisvert (1985), and Boisvert, Bills, and Bailey (1988), the following utility function can be defined:…”