Volume 29, Issue 5, 2020
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.1068
A Way Forward to Promote the Farming Contracts Between Firms and Farmers in Cultivation Productions: A CASE STUDY Of VIETNAM
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to assess the factors affecting the level of linkages between firms and farmers in crop development in Thai Binh province, Vietnam. The two main research methods used were exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and regression analysis with survey data which was conducted from 300 farmers, 10 firms, and 15 managers related to contract-farming. The results indicated that there are 5 factors that significantly affect the level of participation of farmers in the linking process, the order of impacts from strong to weak is as follows: (1) Commitment and sharing of benefits and risks between farmers and firms in the linking process, (2) Issues related to management skills and enterprises capacity of link firms, (3) Price issues that farmers are interested in in the process of implementing links with firms, (4) Policy environment - Institutions related to farmer contracts between firms and farmers, (5) Household awareness about the benefits brought about by farmer contracts with firms. Based on results, a number of specific solutions have been proposed to enhance the efficiency of farming contracts between firms and farmers in cultivation production
Keywords
farm contracts, firms, farmers, cultivation production, Thai Binh