Land scale, cooperative membership and benefits information: Unmanned aerial vehicle adoption in China
Pesticide spraying in China is labor-intensive and a significant threat to human and environmental health. Advancements in plant protection Unmanned Arial Vehicle technology have the potential to mitigate these threats, but adoption is low. This paper analyzes the impact of agricultural scale, coope...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Sustainable Futures |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188820300186 |
| Summary: | Pesticide spraying in China is labor-intensive and a significant threat to human and environmental health. Advancements in plant protection Unmanned Arial Vehicle technology have the potential to mitigate these threats, but adoption is low. This paper analyzes the impact of agricultural scale, cooperative membership, and benefits-information on adoption among farmers in Jilin Province. Land scale and cooperative membership have a direct relationship with farmer knowledge of, and willingness to adopt. Providing benefits information had a notable effect on willingness to adopt by cooperative members and non-members with large acreages. Promotion efforts can be effective in promoting adoption. |
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| ISSN: | 2666-1888 |