Methamontri Yupadee, Tsusaka Takuji W, Zulfiqar Farhad, Yukongdi Vimolwan, Datta Avishek
Agribusiness Management, Department of Food, Agriculture and Bioresources, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand.
Natural Resources Management, Department of Development and Sustainability, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand.
Heliyon. 2022 Nov 7;8(11):e11421. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11421. eCollection 2022 Nov.
Despite the significant roles of farmer groups in collective action for production and marketing of organic paddy, limited literature has studied the farmer-level determinants of participation in collective action in northeast Thailand. This study examined factors associated with participation in collective marketing for three organic rice farmer groups (Nam Om Community Enterprise Network, Na So Farmer Group, and Moral Rice Farmer Group) in Yasothon Province of Thailand, producing organic jasmine rice for export and domestic markets through contract farming. Primary data were collected from 335 farmers and analyzed by descriptive statistics and the two-limit tobit regression method. The descriptive results showed relatively high levels of social, economic, institutional, and environmental benefits arising from the participation in those groups. In particular, environmental benefits were higher than the other types of benefits. The regression analysis found that age and agricultural loan negatively influenced the extent of participation in collective marketing through farmer groups, whereas education, paddy cultivation area size, non-agricultural income, experience in rice farming, experience in organic rice farming, group membership duration, perceived economic benefits, and membership with Na So farmer group were positively associated with the extent of participation. The effect of experience with organic rice farming was relatively small in Na So Farmer Group. The findings suggest that economic benefits from participation in organic farmer groups should be enhanced in order to increase the collective marketing of organic rice produce. Moreover, the government should provide alternative employment opportunities, knowledge-based training, and low-interest credit to support production and collective marketing of organic rice.
尽管农民团体在有机水稻生产和销售的集体行动中发挥着重要作用，但在泰国东北部，针对农民层面参与集体行动的决定因素的研究文献有限。本研究调查了泰国也梭通府三个有机水稻农民团体（南翁社区企业网络、纳索农民团体和道德水稻农民团体）参与集体销售的相关因素，这些团体通过订单农业生产有机茉莉香米供应出口和国内市场。从335名农民那里收集了原始数据，并通过描述性统计和双限托宾回归方法进行分析。描述性结果显示，参与这些团体带来了较高水平的社会、经济、制度和环境效益。特别是，环境效益高于其他类型的效益。回归分析发现，年龄和农业贷款对通过农民团体参与集体销售的程度有负面影响，而教育程度、水稻种植面积规模、非农业收入、水稻种植经验、有机水稻种植经验、团体成员资格时长、感知到的经济效益以及成为纳索农民团体的成员与参与程度呈正相关。在纳索农民团体中，有机水稻种植经验的影响相对较小。研究结果表明，应提高参与有机农民团体的经济效益，以增加有机水稻产品的集体销售。此外，政府应提供替代就业机会、基于知识的培训和低息信贷，以支持有机水稻的生产和集体销售。
