Investigating the Association between Farmers’ Organizational Participation and Types of Agricultural Product Certifications: Empirical Evidence from a National Farm Households Survey in Taiwan

Agricultural product certifications have proliferated due to the growing concerns in many countries over food safety and environmental sustainability. Encouraging farmers self-organize was regarded as a useful tool enhance adoption of agricultural Taiwan. However, previous studies solely focused on association between membership production organization single certifications. Moreover, little is known how different types organizational participation could improve This study seeks fill this knowledge gap by employing multinomial logistic regression model (MNL) investigate factors affecting farmers’ decisions participate certification. Special attention paid role choices for The used nationally representative sample core Taiwan, its results revealed evident differences types. For example, farm operators who cooperatives (co-ops) tend use organic labels. In contrast, marketing groups (APMGs) adopt Traceable Products (TAP) label. age, education level, farming experience, labor, type, facilities, regional location significant effect participating certification across models. findings suggest that policymakers should consider these operation APMGs co-ops provide customized measures promoting