Analysis of the correlation of factors impacting on farming patterns in Ben Tre province

Abstract

Production is often affected by natural, economic and social factors, as well as the correlation between these factors that will lead to sustainability in agricultural production. This study aimed at identifying and analyzing the correlation among factors impacting on farming patterns in Ben Tre province. The Expert methods (KIP), Cronbach’s Alpha and Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), χ2- Chi-square and Binary Logistic analysis were applied to determine and to analyse the correlation among factors. The results identified 4 main factors (people, policies, economy and natural conditions) and 16 sub-factors. The factors such as salty influence, land use policy, financial support policy and experience were correlated with almost other factors. The factors such as influence of soil quality, policies on product consumption, market, selling price, technical level and labor resources were not much correlated with other factors. The factors such as drought influence, flooding effect, technical support policies, financial capacity, capital capacity and education level were correlated with a few other factors. The land use policy factor was closely correlated to other factors.