Impact of new maize variety adoption on yield and fertilizer input in China: Implications for sustainable food and agriculture

Feifei Chen, Huanguang Qiu, Yilin Zhao, Xun Wei and Xiangyuan Wan

Agricultural Systems, 2024, vol. 218, issue C

Abstract: Crop variety adoption is considered as one of the main strategies for farmers to enhance productivity under stress brought by the climate change, with less environmental impacts. It holds an upstream position in the whole life cycle of agricultural clean production, compared to the field management and agricultural non-point source pollution treatment.

Keywords: New maize varieties; Economic impact; Environmental performance; Farmers' adoption; Sustainable food and agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104004

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