Assessing fertilizer use behaviour for environmental management and sustainability: a quantitative study in agriculturally intensive regions of Uttar Pradesh, India

Determinants of inorganic fertilizer use by smallholder farmers in South Wollo and Oromia special administrative zones, Ethiopia

“…This implies that credit can buffer the financial constraints of farmers to buy inorganic fertilizer. This finding is similar to others' findings with the explanation that farmers' financial condition and purchasing capacity are crucial in deciding about the amount of fertilizer to be consumed (Pandey and Diwan, 2021). Extension contact: Frequency of extension workers' contact with farmers observed to have a positive influence on the use of inorganic fertilizer.…”

“…Therefore, farm size is an important variable in the inputoutput marketing participation and fertilizer consumption. The result is in line with the findings of Bai et al, (2019), Ambaw (2019), Martey et al, (2019), and Pandey and Diwan, (2021). Income of the household: Its coefficient came out to be positive and statistically significant.…”

“…In contrast, scholars argue that the use of inorganic fertilizer can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions though it has become an essential part of our global food supply chain (Walling and Vaneeckhaute, 2020). Similarly, the continued use of chemical fertilizer poses serious collateral problems such as environmental pollution, pest resistance development and food safety decline (Singh et al, 2016, Ye et al, 2020Pandey and Diwan, 2021).Other studies revealed the advantage of using organic fertilizer over chemical fertilizer, at least an integral use of both organic and inorganic fertilizer, to ensure adequate supply of plant nutrients and sustain maximum crop yield and profitability for environmentally sustainable soil productivity (Abdulraheem et al, 2018;Adane et al, 2020). In the context of environmental sustainability, using organic instead of chemical fertilizer is the new inevitable future of agricultural production (Raimi et al, 2017;Yang et al, 2020).…”

“…Even the non-farming communities can enjoy a lower cost of food items as being a net consumer in today's inflated market. Recent studies indicated a strong relationship between yield and fertilizer use among smallholder farmers (Pandey and Diwan, 2021). Similarly, enhancing agricultural production to feed the ever-growing population requires the rational use of inorganic fertilizer (Noor et al, 2020;Nyamangara et al, 2020).…”

Microbiome engineering and plant biostimulants for sustainable crop improvement and mitigation of biotic and abiotic stresses

“…The increasing use of pesticides has raised concerns about potentially harmful effects on natural ecosystems and human health. However, the apparent improvement in crop yield due to chemical pesticides has dissuaded farmers from abandoning the chemical pesticides regime [11,12]. Despite its application benefits, the persistence of pesticide residues in soils has led to a "call for action" to reduce pesticide usage.…”