Assessing the Economic Efficiency of Transitioning from Conventional to Organic Methods for Orange Cultivation among Farms in Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam

Do Hai Yen

Abstract
T his study aimed to assess the economic efficiency of transitioning orange cultivation from conventional to organic methods among orange farms in Tuyen Quang Province. Descriptive and comparative statistics were employed alongside surveys and interviews conducted with 60 orange farms. This sample comprised 30 farms utilizing conventional production methods and another 30 farms using rganic methods. These methods were used to assess and compare the economic efficiency of organic orange cultivation with traditional approaches. T he research findings reveal that using organic methods for orange cultivation yields superior economic efficiency compared to conventional approaches. Farms utilizing organic methods generate an income of 101,7 million VND per hectare per year, whereas those employing conventional methods earn only 63,6 million VND per hectare per year. Consequently, cultivating organic oranges proves to be 1.6 times more profitable than using conventional methods. Moreover, the study suggests several solutions for scaling up the organic orange cultivation model throughout Tuyen Quang province.

Keywords
Economic efficiency, Organic farming, Organic oranges, Oranges production, Tuyen Quang Province