Factors affecting the adoption of organic rice farming: the case of farmers in M’lang, North Cotabato, Philippines

Digal, Larry N.; Placencia, Shemaiah Gail P.

doi:10.1007/s13165-018-0222-1

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“…Tea cultivating experience has had positive effect on conversion to organic tea production. Our finding corroborates that of Okon and Idiong [82], Paul et al [83], and Larry [84] who found positive impacts of farming experience on organic conversion. Farmers who participate in training programs tend to have higher probability of converting to organic tea farming.…”

Section: Estimation Of Propensity Scoressupporting

confidence: 92%

Impact of Conversion to Organic Tea Cultivation on Household Income in the Mountainous Areas of Northern Vietnam

2018

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This study aims at determining if organic tea farming results in higher net income than conventional tea farming in the mountainous areas of Northern Vietnam. Our sample includes 226 traditional and 319 organic tea-producing households in the provinces of Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Ha Giang, and Lai Chau. Using a propensity score matching approach, the study finds that the adoption of organic tea production had a positive impact on households’ farm income in the study area. Using different matching algorithms, organic tea adopters earned higher income than did non-adopters, from 1038.8 to 1059.0 thousand Vietnamese Dong (VND) per hectare of cultivation plot. To increase conversion to organic tea farming amongst smallholder farmers, the government and other stakeholders should aim to provide better extension services, which incorporate relevant training to farmers and better access to information on organic tea production, as well as encouraging the commercialization of organic fertilizers. Simultaneously, the Vietnamese government should introduce mechanisms to coordinate production activities and deliver tea products to processing and/or marketing facilities.

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Section: Estimation Of Propensity Scoressupporting

confidence: 92%

Impact of Conversion to Organic Tea Cultivation on Household Income in the Mountainous Areas of Northern Vietnam

2018

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“…The above results indicate that farmers with more years of schooling are more willing to adopt organic farming. This finding is similar to the results of Azam (2015) and Digal and Placencia (2018), who found that educated farmers tend to adopt organic farming. There is minor evidence showing that education positively affects the adoption of organic farming (Azam & Banumathi, 2015), as well as trustworthiness and farm ownership (Rittinon & Uruyos, 2017).…”

Section: Demographic Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 91%

“…This could be explained by the fact that smaller farms are more manageable and require less capital and less intensive labor than larger farms. This result is similar to the findings of Digal and Placencia (2018) which mentioned that promoters consider organic farming to be well-suited to smallholder farmer. However, contrary results were presented by Rittinon and Uruyos (2017) which revealed that farm size had positive effects on organic farming conversion.…”

Section: Demographic Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Moreover, farmers who have more rice farming experience are 1.091 times more likely to adopt organic farming. This finding is similar to the results of Digal and Placencia (2018). It is reported that experience in farming make farmers more aware of the negative environmental and production effects of using chemicals for rice farming.…”

Section: Demographic Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 90%

“…The farmers strongly agree that guaranteed selling prices and reducing production costs for organic rice farming are factors affecting the decision to adopt organic rice farming. Digal and Placencia (2018) show the same findings that a lower production cost is associated with higher rates of adoption. However, the level of attitude of the farmers which is reported for items 3 to 5 (Table 5) indicates that they agree that these factors affect the decision to adopt organic farming.…”

Section: Organic Farmers' Attitudes Towards Organic Rice Productionsupporting

confidence: 66%

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Farmers’ Adoption of Organic Rice Production in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand

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Iyapunya³

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This study analysed the factors affecting the adoption of organic rice production in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. Primary data were collected through structured questionnaire completed by 108 farmers: (58 organic rice farmers and 50 non-organic rice farmers) in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. A t-test was employed to investigate the differences in the demographics of organic and non-organic rice farmers, and percentage mean, and standard deviation was used to describe farmers’ attitudes. Logistic regression was employed to investigate factors influencing organic rice adoption, educational level, and farm size were significantly different between the organic and non-organic rice farmers. Education (positive), farming experience (positive), age of household head (negative) and farm size (negative) had highly significant (p ≤ 0.01) influences on organic farming adoption. The farmers’ attitude toward environmental concern was the most important reason for adopting organic rice farming. This research identified the factors affecting the adoption of organic rice farming; this information can be used to encourage farmers to practice organic rice farming in the targeted organic rice area in Thailand. In addition, the farmers’ attitudes toward organic farming systems could be used to help support farmers practicing organic rice farming. Keywords: organic rice adoption, organic rice production, organic farming adoption, farmer attitudes.

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Perception of Challenges in Opportunities for Organic Food Research and Development in Vietnam

Nguyen

2020

Regulatory Issues in Organic Food Safety in the Asia Pacific

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Factors affecting the adoption of organic rice farming: the case of farmers in M’lang, North Cotabato, Philippines

Cited by 23 publications

References 26 publications

Impact of Conversion to Organic Tea Cultivation on Household Income in the Mountainous Areas of Northern Vietnam

Impact of Conversion to Organic Tea Cultivation on Household Income in the Mountainous Areas of Northern Vietnam

Farmers’ Adoption of Organic Rice Production in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand

Perception of Challenges in Opportunities for Organic Food Research and Development in Vietnam

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