Impact of household land endowment and environmental cognition on the willingness to implement straw incorporation in China

Lu, Hua; Hu, Lingxiao; Zheng, Weiwei; Yao, Sheng; Qian, Long

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121479

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“…Crop straw and residues are considerable sources of nutrients in agricultural ecosystems (Lin et al, 2018). Approximately 824 million tons of mainly crop straw are produced in China per year, accounting for nearly one‐third of global production (Lu et al, 2020). The management and disposal of agricultural crop residues may create environmental problems (Seglah et al, 2020).…”

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Maize straw and its biochar affect phosphorus distribution in soil aggregates and are beneficial for improving phosphorus availability along the soil profile

Cao

Lan

Sun

et al. 2021

European J Soil Science

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Return of crop straw and its biochar to the agricultural field decreases pressure on phosphorus (P) resources and reduces leaching and P runoff. We conducted a 5‐year field trial from 2013 to 2017 to study the capability of maize straw and its biochar to retain soil P, which was quantified by investigating the distribution of P fractions in the soil profile (0–100 cm) and soil aggregates of different grain sizes. The impact of soil treatments with nitrogen‐phosphorus‐potassium (NPK) fertiliser alone or combined with biochar or maize straw were examined. We found that maize straw and its biochar increased soil aggregate stability, which showed an increase in mean weight diameter, geometric mean diameter, and aggregates with diameter > 250 μm. Maize straw and its biochar promoted both inorganic (dicalcium phosphate dehydrate [Ca2‐P], octocalcium phosphate [Ca8‐P], aluminium phosphate [Al‐P], iron phosphate [Fe‐P], hydroxyapatite [Ca10‐P], and occluded phosphate [O‐P]) and organic (labile organic phosphorus, LOP, and moderately labile organic phosphorus, MLOP) P accumulation and stabilization in soil aggregates, especially in small macroaggregates of 250–2000 μm. Total phosphorus (TP), Ca8‐P, Fe‐P, LOP, MLOP, moderately resistant organic phosphorus (MROP) and highly resistant organic phosphorus (HROP) were enhanced by maize straw and its biochar, whereas Ca2‐P and O‐P were decreased in the 0–20‐cm topsoil. We measured decreased TP, Fe‐P, O‐P and Ca10‐P in the 40–100‐cm soil layer following maize straw and biochar deposition, whereas higher Ca2‐P, Al‐P, MROP and HROP were obtained in maize straw‐supplemented soil relative to NPK fertiliser treatment in the 20–100‐cm soil layer. Thus, maize straw and its biochar can be used to effectively improve soil structure to support P retention and biochar has the potential to reduce P leaching from the soil profile. Highlights Maize straw and its biochar effectively improved soil structure to support P retention Inorganic and organic P fractions mainly accumulated in the small macroaggregate fraction Biochar has the potential to reduce P leaching in the soil profile

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Maize straw and its biochar affect phosphorus distribution in soil aggregates and are beneficial for improving phosphorus availability along the soil profile

Cao

Lan

Sun

et al. 2021

European J Soil Science

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“…Although an increasing number of adopters and farmers realize that ecological and environmental damage is a serious problem, they often consider it to be an issue that needs to be addressed by the government, and few farmers are concerned about the adoption of agriculture green technology. As a result of the structure of rural society, a relatively fixed social network is established in relatively closed spaces, social norms are relatively easy to form, and the social relationship between individuals is more affected by factors such as blood kinship and geographical scope, which can significantly affect the adoption of green technology by farmers [ 53 , 54 ]. At the same time, because of dispersed settlement, decentralized management and a low degree of organization in rural areas, the diffusion of agriculture green technology is hindered.…”

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Overcoming Barriers to Agriculture Green Technology Diffusion through Stakeholders in China: A Social Network Analysis

Wang

Liu

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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It is crucial to actively encourage the development of agriculture green technology, which has been regarded as one of the most effective solutions to the environmental degradation caused by agricultural activities. However, agriculture green technology diffusion is indeed a challenging task and still faces numerous barriers. The stakeholders who can potentially deal with these barriers, however, have been overlooked by previous studies. To address these issues, social network analysis was performed to identify critical stakeholders and barriers. Their interactions in agriculture green technology diffusion were analyzed based on the literature, a questionnaire survey and expert judgments. A two-mode network and two one-mode networks were used to analyze the relationships among the identified 12 barriers and 14 stakeholders who can influence these 12 barriers identified. The results show that agricultural research institutes, universities, agribusiness, agencies of township promotion, the government and farmers’ relatives are key stakeholders and that the limited market demand for green technology and the high cost of its diffusion are two main barriers. However, poor green technology operability and farmer families in distress are factors that are not as important as previously perceived. Finally, some recommendations and suggestions are provided to promote agriculture green technology diffusion in China.

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“…Our purpose was to obtain information on farmers' technology adoption, technology understanding and production endowment. We chose land, labor force, and income as the three variables to represent farmers' endowment [39,40]. However, it is difficult to measure farmers' understanding of technology.…”

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Will the Adoption of Early Fertigation Techniques Hinder Famers’ Technology Renewal? Evidence from Fresh Growers in Shaanxi, China

Yuan¹,

Li²,

Sun³

et al. 2021

Agriculture

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Fertigation technology is key to solve water pollution and inefficient fertilizer use. However, some early techniques cannot adapt to the current situation of labor shortages and large-scale planting. Therefore, it is necessary to consider farmers’ willingness to adopt more adaptive techniques. Specifically, we focus on whether early technology adoption will hinder technology renewal and whether the factors affecting the adoption of early and latest techniques are consistent. Through theoretical analysis and a survey, we find that farmers’ endowments such as income and labor force only affect the adoption intentions to the high-cost technique (Intelligent Irrigation Control System), but not early techniques (Venturi injector and Differential pressure tank), while farmers’ information processing ability and information acquisition channels affect both. Finally, the results of Propensity Score Matching show that early technology adoption will not become an obstacle to technology renewal.

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Impact of household land endowment and environmental cognition on the willingness to implement straw incorporation in China

Cited by 78 publications

References 21 publications

Maize straw and its biochar affect phosphorus distribution in soil aggregates and are beneficial for improving phosphorus availability along the soil profile

Maize straw and its biochar affect phosphorus distribution in soil aggregates and are beneficial for improving phosphorus availability along the soil profile

Overcoming Barriers to Agriculture Green Technology Diffusion through Stakeholders in China: A Social Network Analysis

Will the Adoption of Early Fertigation Techniques Hinder Famers’ Technology Renewal? Evidence from Fresh Growers in Shaanxi, China

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