ASSESSMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND DETERMINATION FACTORS AFFECTING ON AGROFORESTRY MODELS AT CAM MOUNTAIN,  AN GIANG PROVINCE

Nguyễn Châu Niên; Dương Lệ Ngọc; Trương Minh Thức; Phạm Hữu Nguyên; Võ Thái Dân

doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.5455

ASSESSMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND DETERMINATION FACTORS AFFECTING ON AGROFORESTRY MODELS AT CAM MOUNTAIN, AN GIANG PROVINCE

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Received: 14/01/22 Revised: 16/02/22 Published: 24/02/22

Authors

1. Nguyen Chau Nien , Nong Lam University – Ho Chi Minh City
2. Duong Le Ngoc, Nong Lam University – Ho Chi Minh City
3. Truong Minh Thuc, Nong Lam University – Ho Chi Minh City
4. Pham Huu Nguyen, Nong Lam University – Ho Chi Minh City
5. Vo Thai Dan, Nong Lam University – Ho Chi Minh City

Abstract

In recent years, the increasing demand for agricultural cultivation has put pressure on the preservation and development of forests in Cam Mountain. Various agroforestry cultivation models were applied by local households. However, the models, which must be established as an effective cultivation system, has not been fully evaluated. The study was carried out to evaluate economic efficiency and to determine correlation factors to economic efficiency and affecting factors to the technical efficiency to agroforestry farming models. The survey was conducted from April to October 2021 in Cam Mountain. The 88 agroforestry producers were selected for this study through random sampling. Data on the status of agroforestry production, total income, and natural conditions were collected and analyzed. The result indicated that five agroforestry models were found with four group of agricultural crops that were intercropped with forest trees. Agroforestry models accounted for 62.8% total annual income of households with profits ranging from 15.5 to 61.8 million VND/ha/year. The average technical efficiency of agroforestry models reached 77.98%. Main labor, cultivated area, and plant care labor were positively correlated to total income from agroforestry models. whereas slope of cultivated land and the number of times that householders participated in training were two factors affected on technique efficiency of the agroforestry models.

Keywords

Agroforestry model; Economic efficiency; Technique efficiency; Correlation factors; Affecting factors

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