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A Study of Maize Farmers' Incomes and Vicious cycle of Highland Maize farming |
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| Creator | Khemarat Talerngsri Teerasuwannajak and Sittidaj Pongkijvorasin |
| Title | A Study of Maize Farmers' Incomes and Vicious cycle of Highland Maize farming |
| Publisher | Center for Applied Economics Research (CAER), Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University |
| Publication Year | 2558 |
| Journal Title | Applied Economics Journal |
| Journal Vol. | 22 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | p:51-78 |
| Keyword | maize farming, highland farming, income accumulation, informal credit, viciouscycle of highland maize farming |
| ISSN | 0858-9293 |
| Abstract | With continuous supports by the Thai government and private sector over the past threedecades, maize has become one of the major cash crops grown in many parts of Thailand.This paper employs data gathered from maize farmers in various areas of Wiangsa Districtin Nan province, to investigate a profit margin out of a price per kilogram of maize retainedby farmers, taking into account the differences in farmers' socioeconomic contexts, andtheir sources of money spent on maize cultivation. The result obtained allows us to calibratethe farmers' accumulated income over the year 2004 to 2010. Linear regression and Logitmodel are used to find factors determining level of maize income and a tendency offarmers to rely on informal credit as a source of money used for cultivation, respectively.These analyses highlight the importance of highland/lowland factors, that is: the highlandfarmers tend to have lower level of maize income and are more dependent on informalcredit than the lowland ones. A qualitative analysis of farmers' access to certain agriculturalpolicies, together with the results from regression and calibration analyses enable us to get a big picture of the situation faced by highland maize farmers. Such situation is wellcapturedby a "vicious cycle of highland maize farming" whereby the more farmersproduce, the worse their situations become. |
