Which farming systems are efficient for Vietnamese coffee farmers?

Ho, Thong Quoc; Hoang, Viet‐Ngu; Wilson, Clevo; Nguyen, Trung Thành

doi:10.1016/j.eap.2017.09.002

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“…(ii) Pure technical inefficiency, with 26%, is the second source of social profit inefficiency. Although we did not find any study that used a DDF to measure the pure technical inefficiency of coffee farms in Vietnam, our results are similar to those found by [82], who estimated an average inefficiency level of about 18% in coffee farming systems in Vietnam using an input distance function. (iii) The loss of social profit due to scale inefficiency is small in our sample, suggesting that farmers generally operate close to the optimal size and therefore there is little potential to improve the efficiency of production by adjusting the scale at which they operate.…”

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Assessing the Sustainability Performance of Coffee Farms in Vietnam: A Social Profit Inefficiency Approach

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If we aim to increase the sustainability of farming, we must be able to measure the sustainability of individual farms and relate this sustainability to the characteristics of the farm and its management. We hypothesized that (i) sustainability can be expressed using social profit, and (ii) socio-economic characteristics and management practices of farms explain differences in sustainability. The objective of our work was to provide empirical evidence for these hypotheses. Data was collected data over two years from 361 coffee farms in Vietnam to calculate social profit. We found that the average social profit of farms was 2300 USD. The main source of social profit inefficiency is the sub-optimal allocation of resources and levels of production. Statistical association between the set of socio-economic characteristics and management practices and social profit inefficiency shows that social profit inefficiency is increased (sustainability is decreased) by larger distances from the coffee farm to the closest town/city center and to the closest coffee factory/traders and by a high frequency of spraying. On the other hand, sustainability is increased when coffee producers belong to the ethnic group JoRai, when using more hired labor and frequency, and when there are a larger number of fertilizing and pruning activities. We conclude that social profit inefficiency can be used to summarize sustainability.

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Assessing the Sustainability Performance of Coffee Farms in Vietnam: A Social Profit Inefficiency Approach

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“…Furthermore, aging tree stock led to declining productivity (Tables 3 and 6). The inefficiency level of mono-cropping, synchronization, and segregation was around 18% [25].…”

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“…In terms of CPI, as a diversification model it has the existence of economies of diversification, economies of scale, and diversification efficiencies at the farm level [7,[35][36][37][38][39]. Moreover, pepper is intercropped with other crops to generate higher yields than mono-cropping, which reduces pet and disease incidence, spreads risk, makes an effective use of labor, and mitigates market risks [25,[40][41][42][43].…”

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“…Many previous studies have examined the economic efficiency of perennial crops. For instance, there has been an economic diversification between subsistence food production and both coffee and cash food production [2], the production of corn with coffee has resulted in increased efficiency [24], and mono-coffee has been less efficient than coffee and industrial crop intercropping due to the presence of economies of scope [25]. Farmers have been interested in the diversification of their Robusta with pepper and vanilla, but do not want to reduce their potential Robusta yields [18].…”

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“…Coffee was intercropped with industrial crops such as avocado, durian, and pepper to bring a profit average of 85 million VND (Vietnamese Dong (national currency of Vietnam)) /ha [26]. However, evaluating and comparing economic efficiency among mono-cropping systems and specific types of crops has not been implemented [25], or the study was carried out using a small sample (30 samples) [26].…”

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Economic Analysis of Perennial Crop Systems in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam

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Niem

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Dak Lak province, Central Highlands, Vietnam presents an interesting case in perennial crop systems, of which coffee and black pepper are the two premier commodities and contribute a large part to economic growth provincially and at the national level. In recent years, in addition to mono-cropping systems, intercropping systems for diversification have developed quickly. This paper focuses on (1) comparing the economic efficiency of mono-coffee systems (MCSes), mono-pepper systems (MPSes), and coffee and pepper intercropping (CPI) by analyzing startup cost, annual cost, and profits; and (2) identifying the main factors affecting farmers’ decisions to convert their crop systems. The study was carried out by investigating 90 perennial crop samples using the three perennial crop systems (MCSes, MPSes, and CPI) in 2017–2018. Additionally, in-depth interviews and focus group discussion (FGD) methods were applied to collect more information about the operations of each system. Another survey with 37 samples (new plantations) was carried out to compute the startup cost. The findings showed evidence that MCSes had the lowest startup and annual costs, whereas MPSes had the highest costs of the three perennial crop systems. MCSes used less manure or compost in the initial setup and overused chemical fertilizer in annual production. Similarly, MPSes had high pesticide-stimulant costs in the production process to sustain crop development. The study indicated that CPI not only had the highest economic efficiency, but also created the best family employment opportunities of the three systems. Additionally, the study found some social factors that strongly influenced farmers’ decisions to shift their cropping system: These included ethnicity, education, training, and crop failure, in addition to economic factors (profits).

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Perennial Cropping System Development and Economic Performance of Perennial Cropping System in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam

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Bui

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Which farming systems are efficient for Vietnamese coffee farmers?

Cited by 38 publications

References 41 publications

Assessing the Sustainability Performance of Coffee Farms in Vietnam: A Social Profit Inefficiency Approach

Assessing the Sustainability Performance of Coffee Farms in Vietnam: A Social Profit Inefficiency Approach

Economic Analysis of Perennial Crop Systems in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam

Perennial Cropping System Development and Economic Performance of Perennial Cropping System in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam

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