Contract Tree Farming and Smallholders: Drivers of Adoption In Thailand Contract Tree Farming and Smallholders: Drivers of Adoption In Thailand

Contract Tree Farming and Smallholders: Drivers of Adoption In Thailand

A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the Australian National University

Publisher Description

This PhD thesis focuses on contract tree farming from the smallholders’ perspective, and addresses the limited understanding of what the drivers of adoption of contract tree growing by smallholders, based on a Thai case study. 

From January to March 2008, over 800 eucalypt tree growers and non-tree growers were randomly selected and surveyed in four different regions of Thailand, using door-to-door household survey. The combination of quantitative and qualitative data increased the reliability of information.

  • GENRE
    Non-Fiction
    RELEASED
    2010
    3 September
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    284
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    The Australian National University
    SELLER
    Xavier Canadell Boix
    SIZE
    1.3
    GB
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