The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was formed in 2004 in response to adverse environmental impacts caused by the expansion of oil palm production. It created voluntary standards to accelerate adoption of improved practices along the supply chain to ensure environmental benefits. However, the rate of adoption among smallholders of the practices RSPO recommends remains low. This study assessed the factors influencing smallholder farmers’ adoption decisions and the intensity of adoption using primary data obtained from 723 randomly selected oil palm producers in the southern region of Thailand, of which 333 RSPO were adopters and 390 were non-adopters. The results of the binary logit and two-limit Tobit regressions revealed that total farm labor, farm size, number of training sessions attended, access to information, extension services, support services, and perceived ease of adoption of the practices had positive effects on the intensity of adoption. However, the age of oil palm trees negatively influenced the intensity of adoption. The results suggest that strengthening capacity building activities and extension services would increase the adoption of the RSPO practices among small-scale farmers.

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影响泰国小农采用可持续棕榈油实践圆桌会议的强度的因素

可持续棕榈油圆桌会议 (RSPO) 成立于 2004 年，旨在应对油棕生产扩张造成的不利环境影响。它创建了自愿性标准，以加速在供应链中采用改进的做法，以确保环境效益。然而，RSPO 建议的做法在小农中的采用率仍然很低。本研究使用从泰国南部地区随机选择的 723 家油棕生产商获得的原始数据评估影响小农户采用决策的因素和采用强度，其中 333 名 RSPO 是采用者，390 名是非采用者。二元 logit 和二限 Tobit 回归的结果显示，农场总劳动力、农场规模、参加的培训课程数量、信息获取、推广服务、支持服务以及人们认为采用这些做法的难易程度对采用的强度产生了积极影响。然而，油棕树的年龄对采用的强度产生了负面影响。结果表明，加强能力建设活动和推广服务将增加小农户对 RSPO 实践的采用。