Fertilizer Quality and its Impacts on Technical Efficiency and Use Intensity in the North China Plain
Cuvillier Verlag eBooks
Erschienen am 19. November 2014
146 Seiten
978-3-7369-4856-3 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Fertilizer has helped the growth of agriculture for decades. However, its overuse in some regions has caused environmental and health problems due to pollution and contamination of groundwater.
Fertilizer quality is another cause for concern in many countries, as the actual nutrient content may not match the labeled content on the packaging.
The North China Plain is a region affected by both fertilizer overuse and quality problems. This study delves into the issue using economic models and survey data of farm households. Is the effectiveness of fertilizer overstated? How do farmers respond to uncertainty in fertilizer quality? Can they differentiate between good and poor quality fertilizer?
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Inhalt
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Executive Summary
- Zusammenfassung
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Inaccurate fertilizer content and its effect on the estimation of production functions
- Chapter 3 The effect of household wealth on fertilizer use in the presence of uncertainty
- Chapter 4 Perception and truth: The effect of fertilizer quality on use intensity
- Chapter 5 Conclusions and discussion
- General Bibliography
