Does Agroforestry Adoption Affect Subjective Well-Being? Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in East Java, Indonesia

Agroforestry has an essential role in reducing global poverty and maintaining environmental sustainability. However, little is known about the association between agroforestry and farmers’ welfare. This study aims to estimate the factors affecting agroforestry adoption and its impact on smallholder...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 14; no. 16; p. 10382
Main Authors Wijayanto, Hari Wahyu, Lo, Kai-An, Toiba, Hery, Rahman, Moh Shadiqur
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2022
Subjects
Agriculture
Agroforestry
Analysis
Biodiversity
Climate change
Data analysis
Environmental aspects
Environmental protection
Farmers
Food security
Forestry
Happiness
Horticulture
Potatoes
Poverty
Psychological aspects
Psychological factors
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Small farms
Social aspects
Software
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Trees
Vegetable industry
Indonesia
East Java Indonesia
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Summary:Agroforestry has an essential role in reducing global poverty and maintaining environmental sustainability. However, little is known about the association between agroforestry and farmers’ welfare. This study aims to estimate the factors affecting agroforestry adoption and its impact on smallholder farmers’ welfare. The cross-sectional data were collected from 301 potato farmers in East Java, Indonesia. The factors affecting farmers’ decision to adopt agroforestry were estimated using probit regression analysis. The subjective well-being was proxied by life satisfaction and happiness. The effect of agroforestry adoption on subjective well-being was measured by propensity score matching (PSM). The findings indicated that agroforestry adoption was positively and significantly affected by whether the land is terraced, farmers’ age and education level, and farmers’ participation in social activities, cooperatives, and farmers’ groups. The PSM analysis shows that agroforestry adoption has a significant and positive impact on both subjective well-being indicators. Farmers who adopted agroforestry were happier and more satisfied than those who did not. The findings imply that farmers should implement agroforestry in the long term to improve their well-being.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su141610382