Arbeitspapier

Can crop diversification of perennial crop by smallholder farmers explained by risk attitudes and time preferences?

This study examines whether the decision of crop diversification for perennial crops is based on underlying risk attitudes and time preferences. We conducted incentivised field experiments on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, involving farmers who cultivate rubber and farmers who cultivated rubber and oil palm trees, i.e., undertook crop diversification. We estimated risk attitudes and time preferences jointly. The results indicated that farmers who undertook crop diversification were statistically significantly more risk-averse than rubber farmers. However, the time preferences between the two groups were not statistically significantly different.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: EFForTS Discussion Paper Series ; No. 28

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
crop diversification
oil palms
risk attitudes
rubber
time preference

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Wening Sarwosri, Arieska
Mußhoff, Oliver
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
GOEDOC, Dokumenten- und Publikationsserver der Georg-August-Universität
(wo)
Göttingen
(wann)
2019

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:gbv:7-webdoc-3993-4
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Wening Sarwosri, Arieska
  • Mußhoff, Oliver
  • GOEDOC, Dokumenten- und Publikationsserver der Georg-August-Universität

Entstanden

  • 2019

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