Labor dependence, income diversification, rural credit and agricultural production efficiency : case studies of smallholder coffee farms in the Cu Mgar district, Dak Lak province, Vietnam; research report

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2013-09

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Department of Economics, Tay Nguyen University

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Income diversification and degree of labor dependence negatively and significantly affected technical efficiency, while access to agricultural credit had a positive and statistically significant relationship with efficiency. These relationships held especially true for smallholder coffee farms with ethnic minority household heads. Policy options of accommodating and increasing rural credit loans, intensive investment in coffee production, and dependent management strategies for labor sources, are suggested as an integrated approach to improving technical efficiency in coffee production of smallholder coffee farms.

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SMALLHOLDERS, COFFEE, VIET NAM, RURAL COMMUNITIES, WORKING CAPITAL, MICROCREDIT, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, FAMILY FARMS

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/54703

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (SIG) / Résultats de recherches (CPT)