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Modeling landowner participation in a proposed reforestation loan program |
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| Authors: | Kathryn G Arano Ian A Munn John E Gunter Steven H Bullard Max L Doolittle |
| Institution: | (1) Division of Forestry, West Virginia University, 322 Percival Hall, P.O. Box 6125, 26506-6125 Morgantown, WV;(2) Department of Forestry, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University, Box 9681, 39762 Mississippi State, MS;(3) Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, Box 5287, 39762 Mississippi State, MS |
| Abstract: | The absence of available credit to finance reforestation investments among NIPF landowners has been one of the contributing reasons why landowners do not reforest after harvest. Financial assistance programs are therefore a solution to initiating reforestation investments. However, previous studies indicate many landowners are not actively participating in existing government assistance programs. This paper examines reforestation loans as an alternative financial assistance program. Landowner participation in a proposed reforestation loan program is modeled using logistic regression. Results indicate that landowner participation in the program is influenced by ownership size, socio-demographic characteristics, and availability of other forestry incentive and assistance programs. |
| Keywords: | reforestation loan program non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners financial assistance logistic regression Mississippi |
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