Will the Adoption of Early Fertigation Techniques Hinder Famers’ Technology Renewal? Evidence from Fresh Growers in Shaanxi, China

Jiahong Yuan, Xiaoyu Li, Zilai Sun and Junhu Ruan
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Jiahong Yuan: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Xiaoyu Li: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Zilai Sun: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Junhu Ruan: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: Fertigation technology is key to solve water pollution and inefficient fertilizer use. However, some early techniques cannot adapt to the current situation of labor shortages and large-scale planting. Therefore, it is necessary to consider farmers’ willingness to adopt more adaptive techniques. Specifically, we focus on whether early technology adoption will hinder technology renewal and whether the factors affecting the adoption of early and latest techniques are consistent. Through theoretical analysis and a survey, we find that farmers’ endowments such as income and labor force only affect the adoption intentions to the high-cost technique (Intelligent Irrigation Control System), but not early techniques (Venturi injector and Differential pressure tank), while farmers’ information processing ability and information acquisition channels affect both. Finally, the results of Propensity Score Matching show that early technology adoption will not become an obstacle to technology renewal.

Keywords: fertigation; technology adoption; intelligent irrigation control system; farmer’s endowments; technology understanding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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