The society and the journal: Making interdisciplinarity a special issue in the life sciences

Vellema, Sietze; Struik, P.C.; Slingerland, M.A.

doi:10.1016/j.njas.2020.100341

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“…Based on this result, Hypothesis 2 in this paper is confirmed. It is consistent with the existing literature that contract farming is beneficial for adopting production techniques [46][47][48]. It confirms the view that contract farming contributes to an increase in the application of organic fertilizer and a reduction in fertilizer use [20,48].…”

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Fertilizer Application in Contract Farming: A Risk Analysis

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Yang

Zhao

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To our knowledge, this is the first study in the world to incorporate risk into the contract-farming participation decision process and to examine empirical evidence on the effect of contract farming on fertilizer application, filling the research gaps in the relevant literature and providing perspectives on both chemical fertilizer reduction and organic fertilizer application behavior. To estimate the impact of contract farming on farmers’ application of chemical fertilizer and organic fertilizer, we used data on tea farmers from the Fujian and Hubei provinces in China and the recursive binary probit model. The 2SLS (two-stage least-squares) model was used to estimate the impact of the contract-farming participation rate on farmers’ organic and chemical fertilizer application intensity. The empirical results show that farmers’ risk-prevention ability had a significant negative impact on farmers’ contract-farming participation decision and rates. Contract-farming participation had a significant, positive impact on farmers’ organic and chemical fertilizer application intensity, while contract-farming participation rates had a significant, negative impact on the intensity of chemical fertilizer application by farmers. However, contract-farming participation rates did not have a significant impact on organic and chemical fertilizer application intensity. To promote fertilizer reduction and organic fertilizer incremental application, an effective strategy could be to promote farmers’ participation in contract agriculture.

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Section: Determinants Of Contract-farming Participation and Fertilize...supporting

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Fertilizer Application in Contract Farming: A Risk Analysis

Zhang

Yang

Zhao

et al. 2023

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“…The journal gradually adopted a more multidisciplinary focus and broadened its scope to the interdisciplinary domain of the life sciences in 2002 (Jongen, Struik, Wienk 2002;Struik & Wienk, 2009;Struik, Wienk, Gerritsma 2002). In the collaboration with our previous publishing house Elsevier (2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019)(2020), the interdisciplinary nature of the journal became particularly visible in a series of special issues (Vellema, Struik, Slingerland 2020). We would like to continue and stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration around special issues or article collections, and due to a generous gesture of the Society KLV, we will be able to mobilise dedicated support for realising special issues.…”

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