... propensity score matching (PSM) procedures to estimate the effects of participation in trading caterpillar fungus. Findings Pastoral households participating in caterpillar fungus activities maintain smaller herds, sell fewer animals for profit, slaughter more livestock for family consumption...

... participation on rural household livelihood strategy choices. Design/methodology/approach Based on the sustainable livelihood approach (SLA) using data from a national rural household survey, the authors employ the logit model and the propensity score matching (PSM) method to estimate the impact...

..., energy balance, irrigation and pesticide lethal risk) ecoefficiency scores. Furthermore, propensity score matching (PSM) technique is applied to examine the impact of FFS program on farm-level ecoefficiency. Findings The DEA results suggest that paddy farmers are highly eco-inefficient. The computed...