Empirical Study of Farm Succession in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Wan-Ting Huang, 黃琬婷
• Other Authors: Hung-Hao Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55713682716909350747

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 農業經濟學研究所 === 99 === Due to the fact that empirical studies on farm succession are hardly found in Taiwan, this study aims to investigate what possible factors may contribute to succession rate as well as the farming time provided by successors. Furthermore, this study expects to find out the connection between succession possibility and the chosen permanent crop. Note that although the dominant influence of income on succession is widely known, explanations due to other determinants, however, remain inconclusive. The above subjects are addressed using the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery and Husbandry Census of 2005. A binary probit method is used to formulate the succession decision, while an ordered Probit is used to gain further insight into the cause of different lenths of participation. The estimation speaks to the fact that farm revenue is the largest determining factor. The results also suggest that successors spend an average period of 3 to 6 months in farm work, no matter what condition changes. Some policy implications may lie on the variables other than income. The relative importance of crop types, political region, and self-owned percentage of land deserve more attention than ever before, helping to target the “core farm” in the later policy.