The Effects of Agricultural Socialized Services on Sustainable Agricultural Practice Adoption among Smallholder Farmers in China

In recent years, a growing body of literature has explored the determinants and impacts of sustainable agricultural technologies. However, little is known about the relationship between agricultural socialized services that have reshaped the smallholder agricultural system and promoted scale operati...

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Published in:Agronomy (Basel) 2022-09, Vol.12 (9), p.2198
Main Authors: Huan, Meili, Li, Yajuan, Chi, Liang, Zhan, Shaoguo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural industry
Agricultural management
Agricultural practices
Agricultural production
agricultural socialized services
agricultural specialization
Agricultural technology
Agriculture
Analysis
Clean technology
Corn
Decision analysis
Developing countries
Environmental impact
Farmers
Farming systems
Farms
Food security
Green market
Households
Industrialized nations
Innovations
LDCs
Productivity
Regression models
Rural environments
SAPs
Small farms
smallholder farmers
Sustainability
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable practices
technology adoption
Technology utilization
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Summary:In recent years, a growing body of literature has explored the determinants and impacts of sustainable agricultural technologies. However, little is known about the relationship between agricultural socialized services that have reshaped the smallholder agricultural system and promoted scale operation in rural China and environmentally friendly agricultural innovation adoption of the farm. Our study examines the effects of agricultural socialized services on the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs). In this study, we capture the number of SAPs adopted, unlike most existing studies that analyze the dichotomous decision of agricultural technology adoption. We apply an endogenous-treatment Poisson regression model to analyze using a national representative farm-level survey data set with 1357 farm households from 132 villages in China. The results show that socialized service use has a significantly positive effect on the number of SAPs adopted. Our results suggest that agricultural socialized services can promote the adoption of sustainable agricultural technologies among smallholders, and thus help transform conventional agriculture into sustainable agriculture.
ISSN:2073-4395
2073-4395
DOI:10.3390/agronomy12092198