Agricultural Innovation in Asia: Efficiency, Welfare, and Technology

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Editor and Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Agricultural Innovation and Its Impacts on Farming and Rural Welfare
	1 Innovation and Agricultural Innovation
		1.1 Definition and Types of Innovation
		1.2 Definition and Types of Agricultural Innovation
		1.3 Innovation Approaches in Agriculture: Procesess and Systems
		1.4 Type of Agricultural Innovations and Examples in the Book
	2 Measuring of Agricultural Innovation
	3 The Structure of the Book
	References
Part I Product and Process Innovation
2 Impacts of Organic Rice Farming on Production Performance in Cambodia: An Application of Propensity Score Matching
	1 Introduction
	2 Methodology
	3 Results and Discussion
		3.1 Descriptive Results
		3.2 Propensity Score Matching Results
	4 Conclusion
	References
3 The Adoption of GAP and Its Impacts on Pig Production in Vietnam: An Application of Probit Model
	1 Introduction
	2 Methodology
		2.1 Site Selection
		2.2 VietGAHP Criteria and Adoption
		2.3 Data Collection
		2.4 Empirical Model of VietGAHP Adoption
		2.5 Variables Used in VietGAHP Adoption Model
		2.6 Measuring Impact of VietGAHP Adoption on Its Criteria Implementation
	3 Results and Discussion
		3.1 Characteristics of Vietnamese HH Pig Production
		3.2 Determinants of VietGAHP Adoption in HH Pig Production
		3.3 Current Status of Implementing VietGAHP Criteria on HH Pig Production
		3.4 Impact of VietGAHP Adoption on Implementing Its Criteria
	4 Conclusion and Implications
	Appendix
	References
4 Impacts of GAP on Profit Efficiency of Tea Farmers in Vietnam: An Application of Stochastic Profit Function
	1 Introduction
	2 Methodology and Data Collection
		2.1 Measurement of Production and Profit Efficiency
		2.2 Empirical Model
		2.3 Propensity Score Matching
		2.4 Description of Used Variables
		2.5 Study Site and Data Collection
	3 Results and Discussion
		3.1 Socioeconomic Characteristics of Tea Farmers in Study Area
		3.2 Estimated Result of Profit Frontier Function
		3.3 Factors Explaining the Profit Efficiency of Tea Farmers
		3.4 Distribution of Profit Efficiency and Estimation of Average Treatment Effect Index
		3.5 Propensity Score for VietGAP Tea Adoption
	4 Conclusion
	References
5 Impacts of Irrigation, Mechanization and Subsidies on Wheat Efficiency in China: An Application of Two-Stage DEA
	1 Introduction
	2 Model and Data
		2.1 Defining the Variables
		2.2 Sample and Data
	3 Efficiency Analysis with DEA
		3.1 Expression of the Used DEA Model
		3.2 Total, Technical and Scale Efficiencies
		3.3 Slack Analysis of the Outputs
		3.4 Radial and Slack Analysis of the Inputs
	4 Effects of the Determinants
		4.1 Tobit Regression and the Results
		4.2 Analysis of Determinants
	5 Policy Recommendation
	References
6 Impacts of Information Sources on Technical Inefficiency of Crop Farmers in Vietnam: An Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis
	1 Introduction
	2 Materials and Methods
	3 Data and Empirical Model
		3.1 Data
		3.2 Empirical Model
		3.3 Hypotheses Tests
	4 Results and Discussion
		4.1 Parameter Estimates
		4.2 Hypothesis Testing
		4.3 Technical Efficiency Estimates
		4.4 Factors Influencing Technical Inefficiency
	5 Conclusion and Recommendations
	References
Part II Marketing and Organizational Innovation
7 Impacts of Maize Production Groups on Commodity Chain in Lao PDR: An Application of Commodity Chain Analysis
	1 Introdution
	2 Methodology, Data Collection and Study Area
		2.1 Methodology
		2.2 Data Collection for the Study
		2.3 Study Area
	3 Results and Discussion
		3.1 Factor Analysis
		3.2 Functional Analysis
		3.3 Flow Analysis
		3.4 Technical Analysis
		3.5 Economic Analysis
	4 Conclusion and Policy Implications
	References
8 Impacts of Farmers Group on the Technical Efficiency of Oil Palm Production in Indonesia: An Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis
	1 Introduction
	2 Data and Empirical Methods
		2.1 Data
		2.2 Literature Review
		2.3 Analysis Model
	3 Data and Empirical Methods
		3.1 Descriptive Statistics
		3.2 Stochastic Frontier Analysis
		3.3 Factors Affecting Efficiency
		3.4 Spatial Distribution of Technical Efficiency
	4 Concluding Remarks
	References
9 Traceability System of Dairy Products and Its Impacts on Consumer Behavior in China: An Application of Multinominal Logit Model
	1 Introduction
	2 Methodology
	3 Survey and Data
	4 Results and Discussion
	5 Conclusion and Recommendation
	References
Part III Social Innovations by Institutional Changes and Social Welfare
10 Impacts of Microfinance Program on Rural Households in Myanmar: An Application of Logistic Regression Model
	1 Introduction
	2 Methodology
	3 Results and Discussion
		3.1 Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics
		3.2 Use Loan Funds
		3.3 The Impact of Microfinance on Client Households’ Livelihoods
		3.4 The Influencing Factors on Taking Loan by Using Logistic Regression Model
	4 Conclusion
	References
11 Impacts of Dietary Diversity on Perceived Food Security in Indonesia: An Application of Ordered Logit Model
	1 Introduction
	2 Material and Methods
	3 Results and Discussion
	4 Conclusion
	References
Part IV Smart Farming and Innovation
12 Practice, Promotion and Perspective of Smart Agriculture in China
	1 Introduction
	2 Smart Agriculture
		2.1 Definition and Components of Smart Agriculture
		2.2 Smart Agriculture Practices in China
		2.3 Case Study of the Smart Agriculture Model in Ruian County, Zhejiang Province
	3 Promotion of Smart Agriculture
		3.1 National Policies in China
		3.2 Local Polies Promoting Smart Agricultural Technology
	4 Perspective of Smart Agriculture in China
		4.1 Development with High Speed and Quality
		4.2 Constraints and Bottlenecks of Smart Agriculture
		4.3 Suggestions to Accelerate the Promotion of Smart Agriculture in China
	5 Conclusion
	References
13 Impacts and Policy Implication of Smart Farming Technologies on Rice Production in Japan
	1 Introduction
	2 Research Framework and Methodology
		2.1 Rice Production Cost
		2.2 Rice Yield and Its Determinants
		2.3 Cost–benefit Analysis of Automatic Paddy Water Supply Systems
	3 Results and Discussion
		3.1 Rice Production Cost and the Reduction
		3.2 Rice Yield of Each Paddy Field and Its Determinants
		3.3 Cost and Benefit Analysis of Automatic Paddy Water Supply Systems
	4 Conclusion and Implications
	References
14 Smart Farming Technology Adoption and Its Determinants in Japan
	1 Introduction
	2 Methodology and Data
		2.1 Methodology
		2.2 Data
	3 Results and Discussion
		3.1 Descriptive Results
		3.2 Empirical Results
	4 Conclusion
	Appendix
	References
15 Innovation Implementation and Its Determinants in Japanese Agricultural Corporations
	1 Introduction
	2 Data and Methodology
		2.1 Data
		2.2 Empirical Model
	3 Results and Discussion
		3.1 Characteristics of the Japanese Agricultural Corporation and Its Implementation of Product Innovation
		3.2 Determinants of Implementing Product Innovation
	4 Conclusion
	References
Appendix The Role of Education, Institutional Settings and ICT on the Integrated Production Development in Spain
Introduction
Outline of the Study Site and Survey Method
Background and Development of Integrated Production (IP) in Almeria
Key Factors for IP Developments
Groups of Integrated Production
Technical Service Providers
Certification Entities
Regional Government
Supervision and Control
Educational Programs and Licensing System
Economic Aid
Distributor-Postproduction Commercialization Chain
Research Institutions
Biological Control
Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Analysis
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Developments
Discussion and Implications to Other Countries
The Role of Education, Institutional Settings and ICT
Implications to Other Countries
Concluding Remarks
Appendix References
List of Original Publications Related to the Chapters
Index