Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2011, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (23): 4962-4970.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2011.23.025

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Analysis on Farmers’ Adoptive Behavior of Soil Testing for Formulated Fertilization: Empirical Evidence from the Xuecheng District of Zaozhuang City in Shandong Province

 HAN  Hong-Yun, YANG  Zeng-Xu   

  1. 1.浙江大学管理学院/浙江大学中国农村经济研究院,杭州 310029
    2.枣庄学院,山东枣庄 277160
  • Received:2011-06-20 Online:2011-12-01 Published:2011-09-02

Abstract: 【Objective】 This research was conducted to study the technical results and affecting factors of sequential farmer’s adoption of soil testing for formulated fertilization.【Method】The student’s T test and Bivariate Probit model were employed on the survey data of the sampling area. 【Result】 There was a significant difference in technical results among no-, partial-, and full-adoption of the technology. The area of farmer’s land and technical guidance showed a positive correlation with the farmer’s partial-adoption. The age of farmers had a negative correlation with the farmer’s full-adoption, while the proportion of agricultural income , the area of farmers’ land, concept of fertilization, understanding of the technology, technical guidance, and technical availability card indicated a positive correlation with the farmer’s full-adoption. 【Conclusion】 The farmer’s adoption of soil testing for formulated fertilization had a significant income effect. The most important reasons for no-adoption included equal subdivision of farmer’s land and inconvenience to contact with agricultural technology manager.  And the crucial factors in partial-adoption were due to the higher age of farmers, low proportion of agricultural income to personal earning, relatively small arable land, old-fashioned concept of fertilization, incomplete understanding the concept of this novel technology and missing fertilization guidance card.

Key words: soil testing for formula fertilization, technical results, affecting factors

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