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Table of Contents
Intro
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Editor and Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Agricultural Innovation and Its Impacts on Farming and Rural Welfare
1 Innovation and Agricultural Innovation
1.1 Definition and Types of Innovation
1.2 Definition and Types of Agricultural Innovation
1.3 Innovation Approaches in Agriculture: Procesess and Systems
1.4 Type of Agricultural Innovations and Examples in the Book
2 Measuring of Agricultural Innovation
3 The Structure of the Book
References
Part I Product and Process Innovation
2 Impacts of Organic Rice Farming on Production Performance in Cambodia: An Application of Propensity Score Matching
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Descriptive Results
3.2 Propensity Score Matching Results
4 Conclusion
References
3 The Adoption of GAP and Its Impacts on Pig Production in Vietnam: An Application of Probit Model
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
2.1 Site Selection
2.2 VietGAHP Criteria and Adoption
2.3 Data Collection
2.4 Empirical Model of VietGAHP Adoption
2.5 Variables Used in VietGAHP Adoption Model
2.6 Measuring Impact of VietGAHP Adoption on Its Criteria Implementation
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Characteristics of Vietnamese HH Pig Production
3.2 Determinants of VietGAHP Adoption in HH Pig Production
3.3 Current Status of Implementing VietGAHP Criteria on HH Pig Production
3.4 Impact of VietGAHP Adoption on Implementing Its Criteria
4 Conclusion and Implications
Appendix
References
4 Impacts of GAP on Profit Efficiency of Tea Farmers in Vietnam: An Application of Stochastic Profit Function
1 Introduction
2 Methodology and Data Collection
2.1 Measurement of Production and Profit Efficiency
2.2 Empirical Model
2.3 Propensity Score Matching
2.4 Description of Used Variables
2.5 Study Site and Data Collection
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Socioeconomic Characteristics of Tea Farmers in Study Area
3.2 Estimated Result of Profit Frontier Function
3.3 Factors Explaining the Profit Efficiency of Tea Farmers
3.4 Distribution of Profit Efficiency and Estimation of Average Treatment Effect Index
3.5 Propensity Score for VietGAP Tea Adoption
4 Conclusion
References
5 Impacts of Irrigation, Mechanization and Subsidies on Wheat Efficiency in China: An Application of Two-Stage DEA
1 Introduction
2 Model and Data
2.1 Defining the Variables
2.2 Sample and Data
3 Efficiency Analysis with DEA
3.1 Expression of the Used DEA Model
3.2 Total, Technical and Scale Efficiencies
3.3 Slack Analysis of the Outputs
3.4 Radial and Slack Analysis of the Inputs
4 Effects of the Determinants
4.1 Tobit Regression and the Results
4.2 Analysis of Determinants
5 Policy Recommendation
References
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Editor and Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Agricultural Innovation and Its Impacts on Farming and Rural Welfare
1 Innovation and Agricultural Innovation
1.1 Definition and Types of Innovation
1.2 Definition and Types of Agricultural Innovation
1.3 Innovation Approaches in Agriculture: Procesess and Systems
1.4 Type of Agricultural Innovations and Examples in the Book
2 Measuring of Agricultural Innovation
3 The Structure of the Book
References
Part I Product and Process Innovation
2 Impacts of Organic Rice Farming on Production Performance in Cambodia: An Application of Propensity Score Matching
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Descriptive Results
3.2 Propensity Score Matching Results
4 Conclusion
References
3 The Adoption of GAP and Its Impacts on Pig Production in Vietnam: An Application of Probit Model
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
2.1 Site Selection
2.2 VietGAHP Criteria and Adoption
2.3 Data Collection
2.4 Empirical Model of VietGAHP Adoption
2.5 Variables Used in VietGAHP Adoption Model
2.6 Measuring Impact of VietGAHP Adoption on Its Criteria Implementation
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Characteristics of Vietnamese HH Pig Production
3.2 Determinants of VietGAHP Adoption in HH Pig Production
3.3 Current Status of Implementing VietGAHP Criteria on HH Pig Production
3.4 Impact of VietGAHP Adoption on Implementing Its Criteria
4 Conclusion and Implications
Appendix
References
4 Impacts of GAP on Profit Efficiency of Tea Farmers in Vietnam: An Application of Stochastic Profit Function
1 Introduction
2 Methodology and Data Collection
2.1 Measurement of Production and Profit Efficiency
2.2 Empirical Model
2.3 Propensity Score Matching
2.4 Description of Used Variables
2.5 Study Site and Data Collection
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Socioeconomic Characteristics of Tea Farmers in Study Area
3.2 Estimated Result of Profit Frontier Function
3.3 Factors Explaining the Profit Efficiency of Tea Farmers
3.4 Distribution of Profit Efficiency and Estimation of Average Treatment Effect Index
3.5 Propensity Score for VietGAP Tea Adoption
4 Conclusion
References
5 Impacts of Irrigation, Mechanization and Subsidies on Wheat Efficiency in China: An Application of Two-Stage DEA
1 Introduction
2 Model and Data
2.1 Defining the Variables
2.2 Sample and Data
3 Efficiency Analysis with DEA
3.1 Expression of the Used DEA Model
3.2 Total, Technical and Scale Efficiencies
3.3 Slack Analysis of the Outputs
3.4 Radial and Slack Analysis of the Inputs
4 Effects of the Determinants
4.1 Tobit Regression and the Results
4.2 Analysis of Determinants
5 Policy Recommendation
References