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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

What Determines Forest Farmers' Participation in Afforestation Programs? Empirical Evidence from a Population-Based Census Survey.

Tzong-Haw Lee, Brian Lee, Yu-Long Chen, Lih-Chyun Sun, Hung-Hao Chang

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tzong-Haw LeeCollege of Economics, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Brian LeeDepartment of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
Yu-Long ChenDepartment of Business Administration, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, Taiwan.
Lih-Chyun SunDepartment of Urban Industrial Management and Marketing, University of Taipei, Taipei 11153, Taiwan.
Hung-Hao ChangDepartment of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.

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Abstract

Afforestation programs have become increasingly significant as policymakers attempt to protect the environment and reduce climate change. Although many studies have examined the participation decisions of forest farm households in afforestation programs, these studies fail to consider different types of these policies. This paper fills this knowledge gap by studying the determinants of forest farms participating in two afforestation programs on plain and sloped land in Taiwan. We construct a population-based sample of forest farms drawn from agricultural census surveys in Taiwan and estimate the multinomial logit model. We find that failing to distinguish between afforestation programs may result in misleading findings. Moreover, socio-demographic and farm production characteristics also affect participation decisions. Additional results from a simple simulation exercise show that forest farms are more likely to enroll in afforestation programs on sloped land, possibly due to lower opportunity costs.

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CensusesFarmersAdultAgricultureFemaleForestsHumansMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesTaiwanafforestation programmultinomial logit modelpolicy simulationTaiwan

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