{"title":"Impact of Outgrower Scheme on Yield,Output Price,and Income: A Rice-Farm-Level Study in the Mekong Delta,Vietnam","authors":"Trần Quốc Nhân, R. Gillette, T. Yutaka, N. Can","doi":"10.15057/HJE.2020001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we attempt to examine the effects of participation in a rice out grower scheme on several outcomes, such as rice income and output price, in Vietnam's Mekong Delta by using the propensity score matching approach and employing cross-sectional data gathered from 248 rice growers. The results reveal that participation in the outgrower scheme has a significantly positive impact on farmers' rice income and output selling price. A possible implication of the results of this study is that the outgrower scheme may help increase rice households' income in the Mekong Delta.","PeriodicalId":43705,"journal":{"name":"Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics","volume":"61 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15057/HJE.2020001","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In this study, we attempt to examine the effects of participation in a rice out grower scheme on several outcomes, such as rice income and output price, in Vietnam's Mekong Delta by using the propensity score matching approach and employing cross-sectional data gathered from 248 rice growers. The results reveal that participation in the outgrower scheme has a significantly positive impact on farmers' rice income and output selling price. A possible implication of the results of this study is that the outgrower scheme may help increase rice households' income in the Mekong Delta.