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Does agro-processing adoption affect farm income and farm diversification? Empirical evidence from Taiwan.
- Source :
- Journal of Agribusiness in Developing & Emerging Economies; 2021, Vol. 11 Issue 5, p567-577, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors associated with the adoption of agro-processing methods and to estimate their impact on farm income and farm diversification. Design/methodology/approach: Using a large-scale sample of 12,122 special crop farm households drawn from the 2015 Agricultural Census Survey in Taiwan, the semiparametric multivalued treatment effect model was estimated. Findings: The authors found that agro-processing farm households obtain higher farm incomes than non-agro-processing farm households. Among the agro-processing methods, self-processing generates higher farm income than outsourced-processing. Moreover, farm households that adopt either agro-processing method are more likely to diversify into agritourism and other agribusinesses than non-agro-processing farms. Research limitations/implications: The authors could only access data on farm income and not on agro-processing costs. Future studies may address the impact of agro-processing on farm profitability if relevant data are available. Originality/value: Very few studies have examined the relationship between agro-processing, farm income and farm diversification. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is one of the first papers to examine the impact of different agro-processing practices on farm income and farm diversification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FARM income
AGRITOURISM
SPECIALTY crops
CROPS
AGRICULTURAL surveys
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20440839
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Agribusiness in Developing & Emerging Economies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153069923
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-07-2020-0157