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      The empirical effect of agricultural social services on pesticide inputs

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          Agricultural social services (ASS) play an important role in improving the efficiency of agricultural operations, reducing agricultural production costs, and promoting sustainable agricultural development. Using data from the 2020 China Rural Revitalization Survey, this study analyzes the impact of ASS on reducing pesticide inputs. The results show: (1) ASS play a significantly positive role in reducing pesticide inputs. (2) Heterogeneity analyses show that ASS’ role in reducing pesticide inputs is stronger for farming households with small farms, which participate in cooperatives, and do not have members involved in non-farm employment than that for farming households with large farms, which do not participate in cooperatives, and have members involved in non-farm employment. (3) Mechanism analysis shows that ASS’ green perception and demonstration-led effects contribute to reducing pesticide inputs by 148.6% and 36.8%, respectively, at the 1% level. Finally, this study proposes relevant policy recommendations for promoting ASS, promoting the continuous operation of farmland, and encouraging farmers to participate in ASS.

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            Pesticide-free agriculture as a new paradigm for research

            Florence Jacquet, Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy, Julia Jouan … (2022)
            Reducing pesticide use has become a goal shared by several European countries and a major issue in public policies due to the negative impacts of pesticides on the environment and on human health. However, since most of the agri-food sector relies on pesticides in these countries, substantially reducing pesticide use is a complex issue. To overcome this situation, we argue that agricultural research has a major role to play and must adopt a pesticide-free paradigm to expect a deep impact on pesticide use. In this article, we explain why this new paradigm is needed and outline research fronts that it will help address. These research fronts are related to five strategies: (1) redesigning cropping systems to enhance prophylaxis, (2) diversifying biocontrol strategies and associated business models, (3) broadening the scope of plant breeding to include functional biodiversity and evolutionary ecology concepts, (4) setting new goals for agricultural machinery and digital technologies, and (5) supporting development of public policies and private initiatives for the transition toward pesticide-free agri-food systems. The corresponding research activities must be managed conjointly to develop systemic and coupled innovations, which are essential for reducing pesticide use significantly. We therefore provide examples of cross-cutting objectives that combine these fronts while also highlighting the need for interdisciplinary research projects. By doing so, we provide an overall orientation for research to achieve sustainable agriculture.
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              Farmer's behavior in pesticide use: Insights study from smallholder and intensive agricultural farms in Bangladesh.

              Md Panna Ali, Mir Md Moniruzzaman Kabir, Sheikh Shamiul Haque … (2020)
              Since independence and over the years, pesticides have become a dominant feature of Bangladesh agriculture. To protect farmers' health, environment and to improve sustainability of chemical pest control quantitative understanding of farmers' behavior in pesticide use is critical. However, study on the levels of knowledge and awareness of farmers and the practices of pesticide use are often limited. We conducted a broad analysis on the effects of knowledge and awareness of farmers as well as the influence of the different associated stakeholders such as pesticide retailers and the government, on farmers' behavior in pesticide use from a detailed survey of 917 agricultural households in different regions of Bangladesh. Within eight protective behaviors (PBs) or PPEs were largely influenced by the crops growers and regions. Never discarding empty pesticide containers in the field, never applying pesticides more than prescribed by DAE or the instruction manual, selecting new types of pesticides recommended by DAE and purchasing low toxicity pesticides were the most adopted practices. Most farmers from the South-East region were adopting the PB of wearing mask, gloves and long sleeved clothes when spraying and farmers from South trusted the recommendations of pesticides by village leaders and neighbors. Majority of vegetables growers were well informed that pesticides were very harmful to the quality of agricultural products, the environment, and human health but not rice or mixed crops growers. Generally, PBs were positively affected by the perception of the consequences of farmers' behavior and knowledge of pesticide use but negatively influenced by action of governments and trust of retailers. It is important to recognize the differences that exist among different crops growers and locations. Attempt needs to bridge the gap among crop growers, locations and different stakeholder such as government agencies and retailers to develop policy.
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                Xiumei Yan: 609056519@qq.com
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Sci Rep
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Sci Rep
                Title: Scientific Reports
                Publisher: Nature Publishing Group UK (London )
                ISSN (Electronic): 2045-2322
                Publication date (Electronic): 10 July 2024
                Publication date PMC-release: 10 July 2024
                Publication date Collection: 2024
                Volume: 14
                Electronic Location Identifier: 15907
                Affiliations
                [1 ]School of Economics, Lanzhou University, ( https://ror.org/01mkqqe32) Lanzhou, 730000 China
                [2 ]Gansu Agricultural Mechanization Technology Extension Station, Lanzhou, 730000 China
                [3 ]School of Economics, North Minzu University, ( https://ror.org/05xjevr11) Yinchuan, 750021 China
                Article
                Publisher ID: 67016
                DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67016-7
                PMC ID: 11237080
                PubMed ID: 38987625
                SO-VID: 9911b6b4-5b8f-4590-8720-d1b2b8f188c1
                Copyright © © The Author(s) 2024
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                History
                Date received : 22 February 2024
                Date accepted : 8 July 2024
                Funding
                Funded by: Hui Na
                Award ID: No. 21XMZ048
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                Keywords: agricultural social services,pesticide inputs,agricultural green development,china,ecology,environmental social sciences
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                Keywords: agricultural social services, pesticide inputs, agricultural green development, china, ecology, environmental social sciences

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