2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.05.035
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Understanding farmer cooperatives' self-inspection behavior to guarantee agri-product safety in China

Abstract: a b s t r a c tBoth global and domestic markets place increasing importance on the quality and safety of food products that are produced in China. The presence of microbial agents, toxic animal and plant products and chemical contamination remain because of the existence of small and dispersed farmers, who are not educated to use agricultural inputs correctly. This inability raises the issue of safety control in the agricultural sector. This study proposes that cooperatives' self-inspection of agricultural pro… Show more

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“…As a whole, scaled dairy farms adopt 126.5 and 246.7% additional safety measures on the cow health and cow raising environment components than farmers in family backyards. The finding of the positive role of production type on adoption is in line with the findings of previous studies using alternative methodologies (e.g., Handschuch et al 2013;Zhou et al 2016;Kumar et al 2017). The positive influence of farm size on adopting the overall milk safety measures and subset components (except the cow health component) was significant at the statistical level of 1%.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 89%
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“…As a whole, scaled dairy farms adopt 126.5 and 246.7% additional safety measures on the cow health and cow raising environment components than farmers in family backyards. The finding of the positive role of production type on adoption is in line with the findings of previous studies using alternative methodologies (e.g., Handschuch et al 2013;Zhou et al 2016;Kumar et al 2017). The positive influence of farm size on adopting the overall milk safety measures and subset components (except the cow health component) was significant at the statistical level of 1%.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 89%
“…From Table 5, the average age of household heads was 52.95 years old; for the years of schooling less than 12, the average was 6.78 years; the experience in dairy farming and awareness of food safety of householders would affect the adoption behavior. In addition, farmers' knowledge level of commonly used veterinary drugs may have a positive influence on adoption behavior (Zhou et al 2016). Family characteristics had a direct impact on their production and living activities, such as families with female responsible for raising were more likely to adopt more milk safety measures; farmers with large cultivated land might reduce time and labor input in the cow raising.…”
Section: Variables and Their Descriptive Statisticsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The education level of farmers reflects, to some extent, their ability to obtain in-formation and to acquire skills. Farmers with higher education level are more likely to adopt biopesticides [ 49 ].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, the direct function of the government in reducing the service demand of farmers is very limited. On the other hand, the value of cooperatives in the agricultural economy is recognized worldwide, but the problems in agricultural production (such as low return on capital, insufficient division of labor) and organizational normative limit the development of cooperatives [51][52][53][54]. Reconsider the natural weakness of agriculture, it is difficult to form cooperatives by farmers spontaneously.…”
Section: The Analysis Framework Constructionmentioning
confidence: 99%