Crop diversification in Thailand: Status, determinants, and effects on income and use of inputs

Kasem, Sukallaya; Thapa, Gopal B.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.12.001

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“…Kasem and Thapa () explain that crop diversification is an important factor in reducing poverty, especially for small farmers in South and Southeast Asia. In Africa, Barrett et al () also conclude that on‐farm diversification is a means to effectively reduce poverty and vulnerability for small scale family farms.…”

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The introduction of oil palm in Northeast Thailand: A new cash crop for smallholders?

Somnuek

Slingerland

Grünbühel

2016

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As part of the Thai Government's objective to increase energy security through biodiesel, oil palm was introduced to Northeast Thailand in 2005. Nong Khai Province was selected as a pilot project because of its suitable environmental conditions. This study assesses the acceptance of policy interventions and socio-economic conditions by adopters and non-adopters. We found that total farmland size was significantly higher among oil palm producers than among non-producers. Nevertheless, the area under oil palm cultivation did not increase in accordance with land size in the way rubber did. Oil palm and non-oil palm farmers had almost equal amounts of rice area thereby providing household food security. Oil palm did not replace food crops. Farmers investing in oil palm tend to base their livelihood around on-farm production, whereas non-adopters tend to diversify with off-farm income sources. Oil palm was found to be one component of a diversified farming system and an additional income source, albeit not the primary one. In conclusion, oil palm was a crop that had been tried by (wealthier) farmers with sufficient capital, and an aim to further diversify on-farm household income. Oil palm is certainly not (yet) contributing substantially to household income in Thailand's Northeast.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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The introduction of oil palm in Northeast Thailand: A new cash crop for smallholders?

Somnuek

Slingerland

Grünbühel

2016

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“…The model specification draws on the adoption literature (e.g., Chander and Thangavelu, 2004;Bandiera and Rasul, 2006;Knowler and Bradshaw, 2007;Marenya and Barrett, 2007;Wollni et al, 2010;Kasem and Thapa, 2011;Kassie et al, 2013;Teklewold et al, 2013). Detailed descriptions of the explanatory variables and hypotheses about the effects of these variables follow below.…”

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Understanding the adoption of a portfolio of sustainable intensification practices in eastern and southern Africa

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“…This is particularly the case of small-scale farms, which mainly produce rice. Because of their limited profitability, the owners of these farms do not want to spend time farming, and make little effort to change their farming system, which, in turn, limits possibilities to improve farm profitability (Kasem and Thapa, 2011;Rigg et al, 2019). Young farmers do not want to start working on these farms as they see little opportunity to improve their income (Rigg et al, 2018).…”

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Young people’s willingness to farm under present and improved conditions in Thailand

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Faysse

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Studies of young people's willingness to farm usually analyse their plans based on the resources available to them, or their hopes if they had access to more resources, but rarely study the two jointly. However, in newly industrialized countries in Asia, such joint assessments are needed to disentangle the extent to which young people's limited involvement in farming is due to lack of interest or to the fact that they see no way to get round the obstacles to starting the kind of farming they want to practice. This study analysed the vision of 86 young rural people in Prachinburi Province, Thailand, concerning farming, their plan to farm under prevailing conditions and their willingness to become a farmer if more opportunities to start farming were available. More than two-thirds of the interviewees were not farming at the time of the interview, but half planned to start farming, either part or full time, in the coming decade. One-third of the interviewees said that if they had better opportunities to start farming, they would reconsider their current plans to work in non-agricultural sectors and instead become full-time farmers. Public policies aimed at increasing the number of young people who become farmers should consequently not take the prevailing lack of engagement in farming by many young rural people as a given. Such policies should not only support young people who already plan to farm, but also those who would be willing to farm if they had better opportunities to do so.

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Crop diversification in Thailand: Status, determinants, and effects on income and use of inputs

Cited by 78 publications

References 15 publications

The introduction of oil palm in Northeast Thailand: A new cash crop for smallholders?

The introduction of oil palm in Northeast Thailand: A new cash crop for smallholders?

Understanding the adoption of a portfolio of sustainable intensification practices in eastern and southern Africa

Young people’s willingness to farm under present and improved conditions in Thailand

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