Agricultural Commodity Development: A Case Study Of Farming Households In Chau Thanh A District, Hau Giang Province

Abstract

The research aims to identify factors affecting the decision in agricultural commodity development of households who join into planting orchards in Chau Thanh A district, Hau Giang province. The data of this paper was collected from 150 households who practiced mango, orange and rice farming and the research applied quota sampling method. Also, a binary logistic method was employed to identify influential factors in the households’ decision on agricultural commodity development. The results showed that positively influential factors in the decision of agricultural commodity development including levels of education, agricultural land, capital, technical training, infrastructure, output market, geographical location, and the feature of soil and water sources. Noticeably, technical training has been the most significant factor that impacts households’ decision on agricultural commodity development in Chau Thanh A district, Hau Giang province.