Upscaling farming operations, agricultural mechanization and chemical pesticide usage: A macro-analysis of Jiangsu Province, China

Consumer Awareness and Health Risk Perceptions of Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables in Kampala Metropolitan Area in Uganda

“…23 There is need to apply strategies to reduce use of pesticides for food productions such as promotion of low-efficiency pesticides, use of traceability labels, reliance on other crop protection services like GAPs and mechanical sowing / transplanting. 24,25 Consumer expressed that their health is at risk citing chronic exposure to pesticide residues and consequent health effects like reproductive defects, NCDs like cancer, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, kidney and liver disease were the major effects. Our findings correlate with findings from previous studies in Africa and German which found that consumers rated pesticide residue contaminants as a serious threat to their health, 8,9,[26][27][28] in fact, Kher and colleagues found that consumers were specifically concerned about health risks that were likely to result from their long term exposure to these chemicals.…”

Improvement of Agricultural Supply Quality in China: Evidence from Jiangsu Province

“…The domestic grain imported by a large amount of highquality foreign grain was in the dilemma of warehousing and foreign grain entering the market. In the late stage of industrialization, Jiangsu Province, with less than 4% of the country's arable land and less than 0.06 hectare per capita, produced 5.6% of the country's grain, 6.5% of vegetables, 3.6% of meat, and 6.5% of poultry eggs; created 6.1% of the country's total output value of agriculture [6]. In 2022, the total output value of agriculture in Jiangsu Province reached 873.39 billion CNY, an increase of 3.9%, one of the higher rates in recent years .…”

“…China's grain production, inventory, and Moreover, the increase in agricultural chemical inputs has led to the rising cost of agricultural production, the degradation of the agricultural ecological environment, and other problems, making the promotion of agricultural supply-side reform significant. Again, enhancing the quality of the agricultural supply system is to optimize the allocation of agricultural factors and accelerate agricultural modernization through the agricultural supply-side structural reform [6]. It is essential to realize the adjustment and change of agricultural production mode and promote cleaner production.…”

“…For example, the proportion of high-quality rice in Jiangsu province is still not high [11]. In 2022, the proportion of grain output in southern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, and northern Jiangsu was 1:3:6 [6]. Wheat and rice accounted for 88%, but the proportion of good taste rice varieties accounted for only 40% of the total area of rice [12].…”

“…This system greatly reduces labor intensity, boosts productivity, and is cost-effective for agricultural inputs [5]. Jiangsu has pioneered the release mechanism for major agricultural science and technology needs in the nation and works to resolve the issue of scientific research and industrial coordination to give more agricultural production entities access to the benefits of scientific and technology innovation [6]. Again, five regional agriculture service centers have been established in Hai'an County since the year 2022 began, and these centers offer precise and focused services to unlock the effective management of agricultural technology services fully [5].…”