Rising Herbicide Use and Its Driving Forces in China

doi:10.1057/s41287-017-0081-8

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	Rising Herbicide Use and Its Driving Forces in China
	Huang, Jikun1,2 ; Wang, Shukun 1,3; Xiao, Zhihua 2,4
	2017-07-01
Source Publication	EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
ISSN	0957-8811
Volume	29 Issue:3 Pages:614-627
Corresponding Author	Xiao, Zhihua(Zhihua.Xiao@pku.edu.cn)
Abstract	China is one of the developing countries that has experienced rapid growth in herbicide use in the past two decades. However, little information is available on what drive this growing use of herbicides. This study aims for a better understanding of the trend and major factors that affect herbicide use in China. Based on national aggregate data and primary household survey data, this study shows that besides falling herbicide prices, rising wages have been a major driver of this rapid growth since the mid-2000s. Analyses based on household data show that off-farm rural labor employment away from home province contributes to the increasing use of herbicides in wheat and maize production. In addition, irrigation and farmers' education have significant impacts on herbicide use. With increasing wages and off-farm rural labor employment, we expect herbicide use in China to continue rising.
Keyword	herbicide use wage price off-farm employment crops China
DOI	10.1057/s41287-017-0081-8
WOS Keyword	EMPLOYMENT ; MIGRATION ; MODEL ; LABOR
Indexed By	SCI
Language	英语
Funding Project	National Natural Sciences Foundation of China[71333013] ; Ministry of Agriculture of China[2016ZX08015-001]
Funding Organization	National Natural Sciences Foundation of China ; Ministry of Agriculture of China
WOS Research Area	Public Administration
WOS Subject	Planning & Development
WOS ID	WOS:000405072400005
Publisher	PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD
Citation statistics	Cited Times:4[WOS] [WOS Record] [Related Records in WOS]
Document Type	期刊论文
Identifier	http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/62933
Collection	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
Corresponding Author	Xiao, Zhihua
Affiliation	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Ctr Chinese Agr Policy, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Peking Univ, China Ctr Agr Policy, Sch Adv Agr Sci, 5 Yiheyuan Rd, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Inner Mongolia Agr Univ, 273 Xinjian Dongjie, Hohhot 010019, Inner Mongolia, Peoples R China
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Huang, Jikun,Wang, Shukun,Xiao, Zhihua. Rising Herbicide Use and Its Driving Forces in China[J]. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH,2017,29(3):614-627.
APA	Huang, Jikun,Wang, Shukun,&Xiao, Zhihua.(2017).Rising Herbicide Use and Its Driving Forces in China.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH,29(3),614-627.
MLA	Huang, Jikun,et al."Rising Herbicide Use and Its Driving Forces in China".EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH 29.3(2017):614-627.

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