期刊
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
卷 184, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107000
关键词
Sustainable agricultural practices; Smallholder agriculture; Probit model with the Mundlak approach; Vietnam
资金
- RMIT University
- Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training
This paper discusses the importance of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in improving agricultural productivity and incomes, with knowledge transfer and peer learning identified as key factors influencing adoption. Farmers' understanding of land and soil quality also plays a pivotal role in the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. Enhanced cooperation between extension agents, farmer groups, and peers is recommended to encourage widespread adoption.
Conventional farming and climate change are placing considerable stress on agricultural systems around the world, leading to increased hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity, particularly in developing countries. Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAPs) can help raise productivity and agricultural incomes while minimising negative environmental impacts. While recognising that sustainability is a contested term, we identify agricultural practices that are generally viewed as sustainable as they minimise impacts on the environment. Despite the benefits of SAPs, adoption rates are still low in developing countries. While previous studies have examined the factors affecting SAP adoption, most have not accounted for issues of heterogeneity and endogeneity inherent in such analysis. In this paper, we address this by employing a random-effects probit model with the Mundlak approach and fixed-effects linear probability models to control for farmer- and plot-level heterogeneities and to avoid the incidental parameters problem. We analyse panel data from Vietnam for approximately 14,000 plots over the period 2008?2016 to identify the factors behind SAP adoption. Overall, we find that improved knowledge transferred by extension agents and learning from peers significantly influence adoption. Farmers? knowledge of their land and soil quality are also important factors. We recommend enhancing cooperation between extension agents, farmer groups and peers in order to encourage SAP adoption.
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