How channels of knowledge acquisition affect farmers’ adoption of green agricultural technologies: evidence from Hubei province, China

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2023.2270254" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2023.2270254</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

How channels of knowledge acquisition affect farmers’ adoption of green agricultural technologies: evidence from Hubei province, China

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Farmers’ adoption of green agricultural technologies (GATs) could reduce the negative environmental impacts of traditional agriculture in China. Despite the benefits of GATs, their adoption rate has not been high. While previous studies have examined the information and communication technologies that influence the adoption of GATs, most have selected only one of the GATs and have not distinguished between public and private channels of knowledge acquisition. In this paper, based on a sample of 732 rural households from Hubei Province, we used a negative binomial model to examine the role of knowledge acquisition channels on GATs adoption. Overall, we found that radio and the government (through its face-to-face channels) are positively associated with farmers’ adoption of GATs; however, farmers adopted more GATs when they had acquired knowledge from the government than from radio. A possible explanation and a policy implication is that direct communication with farmers and practical demonstration of the benefits of GATs are preferred to passive reception of information.

Název v anglickém jazyce

How channels of knowledge acquisition affect farmers’ adoption of green agricultural technologies: evidence from Hubei province, China

Popis výsledku anglicky

Farmers’ adoption of green agricultural technologies (GATs) could reduce the negative environmental impacts of traditional agriculture in China. Despite the benefits of GATs, their adoption rate has not been high. While previous studies have examined the information and communication technologies that influence the adoption of GATs, most have selected only one of the GATs and have not distinguished between public and private channels of knowledge acquisition. In this paper, based on a sample of 732 rural households from Hubei Province, we used a negative binomial model to examine the role of knowledge acquisition channels on GATs adoption. Overall, we found that radio and the government (through its face-to-face channels) are positively associated with farmers’ adoption of GATs; however, farmers adopted more GATs when they had acquired knowledge from the government than from radio. A possible explanation and a policy implication is that direct communication with farmers and practical demonstration of the benefits of GATs are preferred to passive reception of information.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

ISSN

1473-5903

e-ISSN

1473-5903

Svazek periodika

21

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2023-01-01

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

1-13

Kód UT WoS článku

001092240000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85175632428