Estimation of awareness and perception of water scarcity among farmers in the Guanzhong Plain, China, by means of a structural equation model

Tang, Jianjun; Folmer, Henk; Xue, Jianhong

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.03.051

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“…This implies that farmers recognize water scarcity in the study site will tend to improve production efficiency by reducing the use of inputs, specifically in irrigation water use. This finding is consistent with Tang et al (2013). The finding has the important policy that changing behavior, such as improving irrigation water use efficiency should be stimulated through spreading information about water scarcity to farmers.…”

Section: Factors Affecting Resource Use Efficiencysupporting

confidence: 88%

Resource Use Efficiency of Tea Production in Vietnam: Using Translog SFA Model

Hong¹,

Yabe²

2015

JAS

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As one of the most important economic activities to small households of Vietnam, tea production is hindered by low productivity, rising of production costs, and bad agriculture practices. To sustain tea production, the near-term strategy is to improve the efficiency of resource utilization. To our knowledge, this article is the first study to evaluate the tea production's resource use efficiency and to identify the factors affecting it in Vietnam. The data was collected from 243 randomly selected tea farmers in the Northern mountainous region of Vietnam.The study first applied a translog stochastic production frontier model and technical efficiency (TE) technique to estimate resources use efficiency, and then used a Tobit model to identify the factors affecting these efficiencies among tea farms. Based on the mean sum of output elasticity with respect to inputs (0.323), we found that increasing the utilization of resources in the study site was inappropriate. The study also revealed that the average input-oriented TE of tea farms was lower than that of output-oriented TE, 82.21% versus 92.29%, suggesting that the farmers had more ability to reduce resource use than to increase current output level. The results showed that the tea farmers could use resources more efficiently by reducing 17.79% of the current application level without compromising the output. The study also indicates that concerted efforts from government to increase farmers' accessing extension service, widening soil and water conservation practice, and spreading farmers' awareness on water scarcity is the key to improve farmers' resource use efficiency.

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Section: Factors Affecting Resource Use Efficiencysupporting

confidence: 88%

Resource Use Efficiency of Tea Production in Vietnam: Using Translog SFA Model

Hong¹,

Yabe²

2015

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“…While economic factors are important, it becomes increasingly recognized that decisionmaking in a risk context is seldomly perfectly rational and that behavioural factors such as risk perception along with perceived costs, benefits and self-efficacy affect individual adaptive decision-making (Dang et al 2014;Gebrehiwot and van der Veen 2015;Grothmann and Patt 2005;Liu 2013;Pidgeon and Fischhoff 2011;Schwarz and Ernst 2009). Research shows, for example, that farmers' drought risk perceptions are biased due to drought risk experience, perceived behavioural control and social networks (Tang et al 2013;Van Duinen et al 2015;Wheeler et al 2013). Biased risk perceptions could give rise to risky behaviour or excessively protective behaviour.…”

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Evaluation of Socio-Economic Factors that Determine Adoption of Climate Compatible Freshwater Supply Measures at Farm Level: a Case Study in the Southwest Netherlands

Veraart

Duinen

Vreke

2016

Water Resour Manage

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The availability of freshwater resources in soil and groundwater bodies in the southwestern part of The Netherlands is expected to decrease during the agricultural growing season because of an expected increase of freshwater demands and a changing climate. This expected shortage of fresh water might negatively affect agricultural production. To cope with this problem, three pilots were initiated aimed at increasing freshwater supply at farm-level. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the socio-economic factors that determine the wider use of the measures investigated in these pilots. Therefore, the results of a feasibility study and a survey about drought risks were compared. The survey indicates that respondents do not make distinction between a dry and extremely dry year in their estimation of the return period. The results of a feasibility study illustrate that confidence and the level of common understanding regarding the reliability of these innovative measures has increased amongst project participants since 2012. The survey respondents were less optimistic about the wider implementation of the investigated technologies. A reliable freshwater supply and supportive legislation are the most decisive socio-economic factors for a future investment in additional freshwater supply for farmers in this region. Both studies illustrate that the impact of additional freshwater supply on farm economics strongly depends on farm type and crop cultivation plan. These insights may support the wider use of these innovations and may help to improve agrohydrological models.

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“…This means that some relation between variables might be improved by interconnecting them. SEM results can be decomposed to the measurement model and the structural model [43]. While the measurement model defines the relationships between latent variables and their observed indicators, the structural model explains the relationships between and among exogenous and latent endogenous variables.…”

Section: Confirmatory Factor Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…If we assume y = (y1, y2, y3,…yp) is vector of observable endogenous variables and x = (x1, x2, x3, …, xq) is vector of observable exogenous variables, the measurement model can be written as follow [43]: y = Λy η+ ε (4)…”

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Ecological Conservation, Ecotourism, and Sustainable Management: The Case of Penang National Park

Kaffashi

Radam

Shamsudin

et al. 2015

Forests

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Penang National Park (PNP), as Malaysia's smallest national park, is one of the few naturally forested areas left on Penang Island, in Peninsular Malaysia. The main objective was to analyse users' preferences and willingness to pay to enhance improved management of PNP for the dual aim of conservation and recreation. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the formation of attitudes towards different aspects of PNP. Results showed that implementing enforcements with rules and regulations and imposing permits and charges on certain activities were the most influential variables of PNPs' perceptions. The results of a random parameter logit model (RPL) demonstrated that visitors placed the highest value on having adequate information about PNP, and the second-highest value on improvements in the park's ecological management. The welfare measure for improvement in management of PNP against status quo is estimated at about MYR 9. Results also showed that demand for better conservation and management of PNP is relatively price-inelastic. Simulations of the results showed, under a MYR10 admission fee, that improvement in management would have 96% of market share compared with status quo. This study concluded that visitor entrance fees can and ought to be introduced OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 2346 as a means of financing conservation initiatives and possibly preventing congestion.

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Estimation of awareness and perception of water scarcity among farmers in the Guanzhong Plain, China, by means of a structural equation model

Cited by 77 publications

References 27 publications

Resource Use Efficiency of Tea Production in Vietnam: Using Translog SFA Model

Resource Use Efficiency of Tea Production in Vietnam: Using Translog SFA Model

Evaluation of Socio-Economic Factors that Determine Adoption of Climate Compatible Freshwater Supply Measures at Farm Level: a Case Study in the Southwest Netherlands

Ecological Conservation, Ecotourism, and Sustainable Management: The Case of Penang National Park

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