Statistical analysis on the factors affecting agricultural landowners’ willingness to enroll in a tree planting program

Taeyoung Kim; Christian Langpap

doi:10.2737/PNW-RP-604

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Statistical analysis on the factors affecting agricultural landowners’ willingness to enroll in a tree planting program

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Taeyoung Kim, Christian Langpap

Year:

2015

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RP-604

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-604. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 34 p.

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Abstract

This report provides a statistical analysis of the data collected from two survey regions of the United States, the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast. The survey asked about individual agricultural landowners’ characteristics, characteristics of their land, and the landowners’ willingness to enroll in a tree planting program under incentive payments for carbon sequestration. From this statistical analysis, we found both similar and contrasting features between the two survey regions. The Southeast is more responsive to incentive payment for carbon sequestration than the Pacific Northwest, and the variables that are highly correlated with the willingness to enroll in a tree planting program are somewhat different between the two regions.

Keywords

Agricultural landowner survey, afforestation, carbon sequestration, incentive payments, statistical analysis, tree planting

Citation

Kim, Taeyoung; Langpap, Christian. 2015. Statistical analysis on the factors affecting agricultural landowners’ willingness to enroll in a tree planting program. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-604. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 34 p.