Factors affecting farmers' behaviour in pesticide use: Insights from a field study in northern China

Fan, Liangxin; Niu, Haibo; Yang, Xiaomei; Qin, Wei; Bento, Célia P.M.; Ritsema, C.J.; Geissen, Violette

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.150

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“…Path analysis can separate direct and indirect effects and present the relative importance of factors [50]. It is widely applied in sociology and psychology research [51,52], to investigate various topics, including water consumption [18], nutrient intake [53] and pesticide use [54].…”

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Willingness of Farmers to Transform Vacant Rural Residential Land into Cultivated Land in a Major Grain-Producing Area of Central China

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Abstract:A large amount of cultivated lands in China is occupied by vacant residential areas, thereby wasting land resources and placing local food security at risk. Therefore, transforming vacant rural residential land back to its previous form is urgently required to maintain the amount of cultivated land and guarantee food security. We comprehensively analyzed the willingness of farmers to participate in vacant residential land transformation and determine the factors that influence such willingness, including the awareness of farmers about their rural residential environment, their knowledge of residential land-use policies and their awareness of the consequences of such transformation. A detailed survey was conducted amongst 252 farmers owning vacant residential lands in central China. Amongst these farmers, 75, 87 and 90 were entirely, partly and not living on farming, respectively. Only half of these farmers were willing to transform the vacant residential land, whilst those farmers who were partly living on farming were less willing to participate in the transformation than those who were entirely and were not living on farming. The factors that influence the willingness to transform varied across different types of farmers. Farmers who were not and were partly living on farming were significantly affected by their awareness of their rural residential environment, their knowledge of residential land-use policies, the length of residential land vacant time and their household income. Those farmers who were partly living on farming were also influenced by the number of vacant residential plots they possessed. Farmers who were entirely living on farming were significantly affected by their knowledge of the residential land-use policies, the number of vacant residential plots they possessed, their awareness of the consequences of land transformation and their family size. Results indicate that farmers are anxious about vacant residential land loss and that a communication gap is observed between them. Therefore, along with the communication between farmers and the government, the publicity and transparency of the rural residential land-use policies must be improved to eliminate the communication gap, relieve the anxiety of farmers, and increase the willingness to transform their vacant residential lands.

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Willingness of Farmers to Transform Vacant Rural Residential Land into Cultivated Land in a Major Grain-Producing Area of Central China

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“…Hence, the issue is still in an exploratory and premature stage. To identify the criteria items that farmers consider in selecting and using a pesticide product in the pest control operation, an expert panel discussion and a relevant literature survey were carried out [9,19,22,[25][26][27]29,33]. The initial questionnaire items were first examined in three rounds by a panel organized by a plant protection professor, four local extension agents, and three researchers who majored in plant protection products, as well as five key informant farmers in pesticide use.…”

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“…Conversely, effective pesticides that satisfy farmers are used in higher quantities [10]. Another criterion affecting the use of pesticides that has been considered in various studies is knowledge and information about the appropriate use of pesticides [13,19,20,[25][26][27]. As highlighted by Mengistie et al [19], smallholder farmers are mostly provided with too technical information on pesticides that are hazardous and involve a complex technology.…”

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Farmers’ Criteria for Pesticide Selection and Use in the Pest Control Process

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Chemical pesticides have been widely overused by farmers in Iran, but farmers' criteria for pesticide selection and use are not well understood. A field survey of 411 farmers was carried out in Mazandaran, Iran, to study farmers' criteria for selecting and using pesticides in the pest control process and explaining differences in selection criteria among farmers. From a list with a total of 25 criteria, five main groups were identified as key decision criteria for pesticide selection and use, using factor analysis. These groups included: (i) performance and effectiveness criteria, (ii) awareness and information criteria, (iii) technical and operational criteria, (iv) environmental criteria, and (v) financial and accessibility criteria. Performance and effectiveness criteria had the highest importance for farmers when selecting and using pesticides (mean 3.45), followed by financial and accessibility criteria (mean 3.28). Farmers who received training regarding pesticide use (mean 2.23 vs. 1.90) and farmers who had experience with integrated pest management (IPM) practices (mean 2.46 vs. 1.79) tended to consider environmental criteria when selecting and using pesticides. Similarly, farmers who experienced health risks related to working with pesticides (mean 2.0 vs. 1.77), farmers who used protection when spraying (mean 2.58 vs. 1.87), and farmers who knew about natural enemies of pests (mean 2.11 vs. 1.85) tended to consider environmental criteria when selecting and using pesticides. Farmers without off-farm income tended to consider financial and accessibility criteria more than farmers with off-farm income (mean 3.40 vs. 3.18). Farmers with college education favored awareness and information criteria, whereas experienced farmers favored the criteria of performance and effectiveness. Farmers with a high income showed a tendency to prefer performance and effectiveness criteria more than farmers with less income. Farmers who thought that pesticides are hazardous preferred environmental criteria more than farmers who thought that pesticides are not hazardous. Farmers who believed in the effectiveness of alternatives to chemical pest control (e.g., use of biological control, pheromone traps, or cultural control) preferred performance and effectiveness criteria less than farmers who believed no effectiveness or slight effectiveness of alternatives to chemical pest control. The findings provide useful information for better understanding factors affecting farmers' choices of pesticides and for improving future extension courses related to farmers' decisions about pesticide use.

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“…发表偏倚是常见的小样本效应，即样本较小且显著的结果更易发表 [27] 。发表偏倚会降低分析结果的精度，甚至可能带来误导性结论。本文用倒漏斗图和线性回归方法检验发表偏倚 [28] ，存在发表偏倚用 Trim and Fill 非参数方法校正 [29] [32] 瞿逸舟 [33] 胡定寰 [11] 张复宏 [34] 方秋平 [35] 王洪丽 [36] 任重 [20] 方学伟 [37] 牛亚丽 [22] 毛飞 [7] 李红梅 [38] 崔新蕾 [39] 王志刚 [40] 娄博杰 [41] 吴雪莲 [42] 王永强 [17] 朱淀 [43] 乔立娟 [44] 田云 [45] 傅新红 [46] 江激宇 [47] 蔡荣 [48] 李秀义 [21] 吴林海 [49] 邢永华 [50] 王常伟 [19]a 王志刚 [51] 魏欣 [52] 贾雪莉 [14] 朱淀 [5] 蔡书凯 [53] 赵连阁 [54] 李光泗 [55] 周峰 [56] 钱韵旭 [57] 童霞 [9] 周峰 [58] 高晨雪 [59] Liangxin Fan [1] Dongpo LI [60] Yazhen Gong [18] …”

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高晨雪 [59] Liangxin Fan [1] Dongpo LI [60] Yazhen Gong [18] Jiehong Zhou [61] Yongqiang Wang

Abstract:The main purposes of this study were to reveal key factors influencing farmers' pesticide application behavior, and reasons for differences in research level. A total of 43 papers were selected from China and abroad.

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中国农户环境友好型农药施用行为影响因素的Meta分析

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高晨雪 [59] Liangxin Fan [1] Dongpo LI [60] Yazhen Gong [18] Jiehong Zhou [61] Yongqiang Wang Abstract:The main purposes of this study were to reveal key factors influencing farmers' pesticide application behavior, and reasons for differences in research level. A total of 43 papers were selected from China and abroad. We explored the following issues: whether key factors in pesticide application in China are completely homogeneous; key factors influencing the application of pesticide in farmers under the condition of allowing the existence of heterogeneity; and trends in key factors over time. The meta-analysis method includes effect size selection, fixed or random effect model selection depending on the existence of heterogeneity, publication bias tests and correction, sensitivity analysis, cumulative meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis. The Q statistic was used to test whether there was heterogeneity. If variables are homogeneous in farmers, the fixed effect model is used, if variables are heterogenous, then the random effect model is used. Results showed that farmers'pesticide application behavior was not completely homogeneous. There was significant heterogeneity among age, household income, knowledge of pesticide use, scale of cultivation and ratio of agricultural income. The key factors influencing behavior included gender, educational level, risk appetite, knowledge of pesticide use, farming experience, proportion of agricultural income, pesticide application training and pesticide residue detection. The trend in educational level, risk appetite, pesticide related knowledge, participation in pesticide application technical training and government propaganda support increased over time. However, variables including gender and agricultural income accounted for a significant impact, while the trend was nearly stable. The remaining variables gradually decreased. Based on these results, two suggestions spanning policy and academic are proposed.

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Factors affecting farmers' behaviour in pesticide use: Insights from a field study in northern China

Cited by 198 publications

References 36 publications

Willingness of Farmers to Transform Vacant Rural Residential Land into Cultivated Land in a Major Grain-Producing Area of Central China

Willingness of Farmers to Transform Vacant Rural Residential Land into Cultivated Land in a Major Grain-Producing Area of Central China

Farmers’ Criteria for Pesticide Selection and Use in the Pest Control Process

中国农户环境友好型农药施用行为影响因素的Meta分析

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