2015
DOI: 10.5194/esd-6-399-2015
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Policies, economic incentives and the adoption of modern irrigation technology in China

Abstract: Abstract. The challenges China faces in terms of water availability in the agricultural sector are exacerbated by the sector's low irrigation efficiency. To increase irrigation efficiency, promoting modern irrigation technology has been emphasized by policy makers in the country. The overall goal of this paper is to understand the effect of governmental support and economic incentives on the adoption of modern irrigation technology in China, with a focus on household-based irrigation technology and community-b… Show more

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“…The dependent variable of the technology adoption function is a discrete variable, so a binary discrete choice model is chosen. The binary logit choice model is popular in technology adoption research [21]. Therefore, each farmer's decision regarding adoption of the top grafting technique is represented by a dummy variable as below:…”
Section: Empirical Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The dependent variable of the technology adoption function is a discrete variable, so a binary discrete choice model is chosen. The binary logit choice model is popular in technology adoption research [21]. Therefore, each farmer's decision regarding adoption of the top grafting technique is represented by a dummy variable as below:…”
Section: Empirical Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The group with a very high percentage (75%) of litchi income in total income did not apply the top grafting technique, and a possible reason is that these families rely so heavily on litchi income that they are unable to bear any risk. Financial support is a must for technology adoption; thus, farmers who are struggling financially would have difficulty with any innovation adoption [21][22][23].…”
Section: Factors Influencing a Litchi Farmer's Application Of The Topmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The irrigation project is more likely to be adopted (joined) by: poorer farmers (unlike in [12,16,17,19]), who rely more on agriculture than those who rely on livestock activities (like in [15,25]); farmers who have been informed or trained by governmental agencies (like in [14,18,24]), and who feel that they can obtain fair prices for outputs (like in [13]); literate farmers (like in [12,17]); farmers with positive expectations about the future; farmers who base their decisions on a maximization approach rather than on a habit approach. On the other hand, the irrigation project is less likely to be joined by farmers who feel that they obtain fair prices for inputs (like in [13,14]), who have direct access to product markets, and who have satisfactory access to the private credit (loans) market (similar to [12]). Thus, the irrigation project is appreciated most by poorer and economically weaker farmers.…”
Section: The Econometric Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Technological interventions ( [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]), in general, and irrigation projects ( [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]), in particular, often result in a low level of awareness among the target group and in a low level of successful diffusion of the project (i.e., dissemination of knowledge leading to participation) because farmers are rarely consulted a priori about their specific circumstances, priority problems, and expectations. a duration model in the U.S. to estimate the long-term trends in the adoption and diffusion of technologies designed to reduce environmental externalities from agriculture.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The adoption of water-saving irrigation technology in sown areas is currently very limited in China [32,33]. According to a farmers' survey across seven provinces in China, only 32% and 4% of sown areas are equipped with household-based and community-based water-saving irrigation technologies, respectively [34]. In northern China, water saving technologies have been reported to show a great potential to reduce water use and improve crop productivities.…”
Section: Implications For the Adaptive Policies For Climate Change Inmentioning
confidence: 99%