Impact of Cooperative Membership on Adoption of Improved Goat Production Practices in Chitwan District of Nepal

IF 0.5 Q4 AGRONOMY

Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI:10.3126/aej.v23i1.46927

H. Neupane, N. Joshi, K. Kafle, M. Adhikari, S. Kharel

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Abstract

Lack of proper production practice is identified as constraint in production performance of goats. In this context, this study attempts to assess the impact of cooperative membership on adoption of improved production practices among smallholder goat farmers. The analysis is based on data obtained from in-person interview among 327 cooperative members and 334 non-members. The study employs Poisson regression model with endogenous treatment to address the endogeneity. The findings show that cooperatives strongly facilitate adopting improved production practices among goat farmers. Average treatment effect is 2.607, and the average treatment effect on treated is 2.11 and 1.447 in nearest neighbor matching and inverse probability weighted regression adjustment, respectively. The number of improved practices shows non-linear relation with livestock unit. The number of improved production practices increases with training and decreases with distance from tar road. The finding suggest scope to increase the adoption of improved production practices through cooperative membership.

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合作社成员对尼泊尔奇旺地区采用改良山羊生产方法的影响

缺乏适当的生产实践被认为是制约山羊生产性能的因素。在此背景下，本研究试图评估合作社成员对小山羊农户采用改进生产做法的影响。该分析基于对327名合作社成员和334名非成员的面对面访谈数据。本研究采用泊松回归模型和内源性处理来解决内生性问题。调查结果表明，合作社有力地促进了羊农采用改进的生产方法。平均处理效果为2.607，最近邻匹配和逆概率加权回归调整的平均处理效果分别为2.11和1.447。改良做法的数量与家畜单位呈非线性关系。改进生产实践的数量随着培训的增加而增加，随着距离柏油路的远近而减少。这一发现表明，通过合作社的成员资格，可以扩大采用改进的生产做法。

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Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development AGRONOMY-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development is an international, multidisciplinary journal dealing with agricultural production, food security, environment, remote sensing and natural resources evaluation, economics and social science, rural development and soil science. The Journal publishes scientific, technical and extensional papers concerning activities devoted to Developing Countries and Countries in transition. The language of the Journal is English. Starting from 2015, papers in other languages will not be accepted.