Biodiversity conservation farming practices in an emerging economy

What is it about?

While gender and agricultural cooperatives are important determinants of agricultural production, little is known about the effects of gender and participation in agricultural cooperatives on biodiversity conservation farming practices. Using data collected from a survey of 627 vegetable farmers in Viet Nam and employed the Ordered Probit regression model, this study reveals that female vegetable farmers are more likely to conduct biodiversity conservation farming practices than male farmers. This gender difference is, however, removed when participation in agricultural cooperatives is controlled, suggesting that agricultural cooperatives effectively facilitate biodiversity conservation farming practices. Our findings suggest that encouraging small farmers in developing countries to join agricultural cooperatives is effective to promote the adoption of biodiversity conservation farming practices. Therefore, the public sector should encourage the establishment of agricultural cooperatives and incentivize the participation of small farmers.

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Photo by Maximus Beaumont on Unsplash

Photo by Maximus Beaumont on Unsplash

Why is it important?

We show that being a member of an agricultural cooperative is important to increase biodiversity conservation farming practices.

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