Balancing the trade-offs between land productivity, labor productivity and labor intensity

Chiarella, Cristina; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Abeygunawardane, Dilini; Conforti, Piero

doi:10.1007/s13280-023-01887-4

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“…Enhancing land productivity is key to reducing the pressure on ecosystems [39]. When studying agricultural productivity, most of the literature does not strictly distinguish between land productivity and labor productivity [40].…”

Section: Research On Land Productivitymentioning

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The Impact of Internet Use on Land Productivity: Evidence from China Land Economy Survey

Deng,

Peng,

Wan

2024

Land

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Enhancing land productivity is a crucial strategy for addressing key sustainable development issues, such as poverty reduction and ensuring food security. Farmers’ Internet use behavior offers the potential to improve land productivity. However, relatively little is known about the association between Internet use and land productivity. To fill this void, this study examines the impact of Internet use on land productivity and its mechanisms. The results indicate that farmers’ use of the Internet has a positive impact on improving agricultural land productivity. Internet use increases land productivity by 12.3%, and the conclusion still holds after a series of robustness tests and endogeneity tests. Heterogeneity analysis indicates that Internet use significantly enhances land productivity in the central and northern parts of Jiangsu Province, while it does not have the same effect in the province’s southern regions. Without the addition of county fixed effects, the central sample regression results show that the coefficient for Internet use is 0.165 and significant at the 10% confidence level. When county fixed effects are added, the coefficient decreases to 0.117 and is not significant. The coefficient on Internet use for the northern sample is 0.128 and is significant at the 5% confidence level. Mechanistic analyses demonstrate that Internet use also enhances land productivity primarily by expanding the cultivated land area, facilitating mechanized production, and strengthening farmers’ social networks. The results of the study indicate that the positive effects of Internet use in improving land productivity should be fully released by strengthening the communication infrastructure, further enhancing farmers’ Internet use capacity, improving the land transfer system, upgrading the socialized service level of agricultural machinery, and strengthening agricultural financial support.

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Section: Research On Land Productivitymentioning

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The Impact of Internet Use on Land Productivity: Evidence from China Land Economy Survey

Deng,

Peng,

Wan

2024

Land

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“…The ability of land to support diverse functions is paramount to maintaining ecological balance [7]. Furthermore, it is critically important for achieving sustainable living conditions for communities across the globe [8]. Urbanization is reshaping the terrestrial landscape Land 2024, 13, 303 2 of 24 at a rapid rate with intricate and multifaceted processes that transform rural areas into urban centers and repurpose agricultural land for alternative industrial use [9,10].…”

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Exploring the Ecological Effects of Rural Land Use Changes: A Bibliometric Overview

Xie,

Sun,

Song

2024

Land

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Land use change is a significant contributor to global environmental change. The expansion of urban areas has increasingly impacted rural ecological environments, in particular the shift from agro-ecosystems to urban ecosystems, leading to alterations in land use patterns. Rural land use has led to economic, social, and environmental problems, including poor economic efficiency, emissions of pollutants, and increased environmental crises. The research of alterations in rural land use and their consequential environmental ramifications has garnered escalating attention, evolving into an indispensable subject of inquiry within pertinent academic disciplines. This study aims to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the ecological impacts of rural land use change. We examined 1237 literature sources through the Web of Science database and conducted a bibliometric analysis utilizing the Bibliometrix tool. Secondly, based on the results of bibliometric analysis, we conducted a review study on the impact of rural land use changes on the ecological environment, clarified the current research status in this field, and looked forward to future research directions. The study’s findings indicate that there has been a steady rise in publication volume from 1982 to 2023 and a significant potential for growth. The top three journals by publication volume are Sustainability, Land Use Policy, and Land. (2) A total of 4768 scholars from 95 countries or regions have contributed publications in this domain, notably led by researchers and institutions predominantly based in China. Developed nations, exemplified by the U.S., exhibit a notable citation frequency and robust research prowess within this field. (3) Land use, urbanization, China, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and remote sensing emerge as keywords of elevated frequency within the field, indicative of the scholarly emphasis on these subjects. (4) Studies in this domain are directed towards evaluating the effects on intrinsic components of the environment, including but not limited to soil quality, atmospheric conditions, water resources, and biodiversity. The implementation of sustainable rural land use strategies is essential for the realization of rural development and environmental protection. In future research efforts, the use of remote sensing technology holds immense potential as a robust technical tool for investigating both land use change and rural ecology, offering viable strategies for addressing environmental challenges in specific, localized regions. The results of this study can assist in comprehending the current state and direction of research in this field.

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The role of household labour for sustainable intensification in smallholder systems: a case study in cocoa farming systems

Tennhardt,

Lazzarini,

Schader

et al. 2024

Reg Environ Change

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Sustainable agricultural intensification aims at increasing yields on existing agricultural land without negative environmental impacts. Managing pests and diseases contributes to increasing yields. Without synthetic pesticides, this management is labour intensive. Smallholder farming systems heavily rely on manual and household labour, which will be affected by future demographic changes. Knowledge on how these changes will affect sustainable intensification is limited. Based on a case study of Ugandan cocoa farms, we tested the impact of increased household labour availability on pest and disease management (PDM) practices and pesticide use. We made use of a unique quasi-experimental design, in which household labour increased during the national COVID-19 lockdowns as children did not attend school and family members returned from cities. Our interview data from 2019 to 2021 showed that household labour availability increased on average by 0.8 (±2.5) household members and 16% of labour days per hectare. Using different regression models complemented with qualitative insights, we found that the uptake of alternative PDM practices significantly reduced pesticide quantities and expenditures. The implementation of alternative PDM practices was only weakly influenced by household labour availability and increased with farmer training and trust in alternative practices. These results imply that alternative PDM practices are an important pillar for production with little or without synthetic pesticides and their adoption requires support and incentives, especially on labour or resource-constrained farms.

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Balancing the trade-offs between land productivity, labor productivity and labor intensity

Cited by 12 publications

References 122 publications

The Impact of Internet Use on Land Productivity: Evidence from China Land Economy Survey

The Impact of Internet Use on Land Productivity: Evidence from China Land Economy Survey

Exploring the Ecological Effects of Rural Land Use Changes: A Bibliometric Overview

The role of household labour for sustainable intensification in smallholder systems: a case study in cocoa farming systems

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