Impacts of Capital Endowment on Farmers’ Choices in Fertilizer-Reduction and Efficiency-Increasing Technologies (Preferences, Influences, and Mechanisms): A Case Study of Apple Farmers in the Provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, China

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1), P. 147 - 147

Published: Jan. 19, 2024

On the basis of data collected from 1208 apple farmers in provinces Shaanxi and Gansu, this study utilizes weighted-frequency method to investigate priority sequence farmers’ preferences choosing fertilizer-reduction efficiency-increasing technologies. Subsequently, ordered-probit models, a mediating-effect model, moderating-effect model are employed empirically analyze influence capital endowment on choices related technologies their underlying mechanisms. The further examines how agricultural-technology extension moderates these main findings are: (1) concerning is as follows: organic fertilizer substitution, new efficient fertilizers, soil testing formula fertilization, green manure cultivation, straw mulching, application, deep mechanical application. (2) Capital significantly enhances (3) mechanism analyses indicate that can promote by improving information-acquisition capabilities. (4) Moderation effects reveal methods, such technical training, financial subsidies, government publicity, positively moderate relationship between capabilities moderating educational attainment generational differences different methods heterogeneous. Technical publicity effectively enhance positive impact with higher attainment. Financial subsidies strengthen older generation farmers. Therefore, it recommended prioritize accumulation endowment, improve capabilities, intensify efforts, especially taking into account differences.

Language: Английский

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Impact of Farmers’ Participation in the Transformation of the Farmland Transfer Market on the Adoption of Agricultural Green Production Technologies

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(10), P. 1677 - 1677

Published: Sept. 25, 2024

Exploring the adoption of green production technologies by farmers (GTA) is great significance, given context global climate change and sustainable agricultural development. This article starts from perspective transformation farmland transfer market, based on research data 2076 farmers, uses endogenous disposal effect model to examine its impact GTA. The results indicate that China’s market has a significant “greening” agriculture. Specifically, paid farmland, written leases, clear lease forms promote GTA, while acquaintance transactions are not conducive it. Participation in increased likelihood GTA 18.7% statistically at 1% level. However, level technology ordinary remains low, achieving development agriculture long arduous task. Mechanism analysis shows can effectively enhance increasing scale operations, farmers’ income, mechanization levels. When targets new business entities, such as family farms, professional cooperatives, enterprises, it significantly promotes findings suggest deepening reform promoting large-scale strengthening application technologies, improving mechanization, accelerating process all essential steps toward enhancing and, ultimately,

Language: Английский

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Does the adoption of Internet digital technologies improve farmers’ fertilizer management performance? An empirical analysis based on the China Rural Revitalization Survey

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 23(1)

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

Language: Английский

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To Determine the Influence of Farmer’s Educational Level on Adoption of Agricultural Water Management Practices in Rongai Sub-county, Nakuru County, Kenya

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & Sociology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 42(4), P. 11 - 19

Published: March 4, 2024

Water is a critical input for agricultural production and therefore, plays an important role in food security. There are different practices that can aid managing water used agriculture. Some of these management are; rain harvesting, irrigation, organic farming, mulching use drought resistant crops among others. Farmer’s decision to either adopt or reject be affected by several factors, some which socio-economic. the socio-economic factors may influence adoption include farmer’s educational level, income level farm size, This research delve into on practices. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted, while proportionate simple random sampling technique obtain respondents. The accessible population 6,230 smallholder farmers from target 26,804 Rongai sub county Kenya. study done August 2023 November 2023.The included 120 sub-county. questionnaire collect data binary logistic regression analyze data. P value calculated P=.56 >than .05 concluding this education did not have findings useful encourage technologies regardless their formal level. also guide extension officers focus training specific without necessarily focusing education. Further, government, through officers, other policy makers sector, promoting technologies, as well coming up with appropriate policies help improve technologies.

Language: Английский

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Adoption of Fertilizer-Reduction and Efficiency-Increasing Technologies in China: The Role of Information Acquisition Ability

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(8), P. 1339 - 1339

Published: Aug. 10, 2024

Reducing fertilizer use and increasing its efficiency will improve the quality of farmland resource conservation. These are necessary steps to achieving green development in agriculture. Nevertheless, fertilizer-reduction efficiency-increasing technologies (FREITs) remain limited. To situation, 538 farmers Jiangsu Hubei Provinces were surveyed with goal measuring information acquisition ability (IAA) using an Item Response Theory (IRT) model. A model improved technology selection was employed conjunction IV-probit examine impacts IAA on farmers’ adoption FREITs. The results showed that 34.76% had adopted FREITs, 12.45% 26.02% having Soil Testing Formula Fertilization Technology (STFFT) Organic Fertilizer Replacement (OFRT), respectively. Second, who used more access channels greater IAA, which significantly their Third, participation technical training increased degree understanding probability adopting remained robust after accounting for endogeneity correlation. Consequently, enhancing organizing training, improving publicity promote

Language: Английский

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Food Estate vs. Non-Food Estate Farming: Seven Aspect to Assess Farm Sustainability in North Sumatra, Indonesia

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

The Food Estate (FE) initiative is an Indonesian government programme designed to achieve food security through the cultivation of strategic commodities on large-scale agricultural land. While controversial, mainly due scale land use and budgetary requirements, programme's viability has been questioned by critics who point failure a similar in past. An analysis sustainability FE farming imperative evaluate its economic, social, environmental, institutional, technological, marketing cultural aspects comparing them non-FE farming. This study aims compare status using multidimensional scaling approach. respondents questionnaire were 50 farms farms. found that both Farming have moderate level sustainability, with having slightly higher overall value. demonstrates greater value technological aspects, whereas Non-FE excels institutional aspects. investigation proposes suggestions for dedicate more effort towards environmental

Language: Английский

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