Examining the social and biophysical determinants of U.S. Midwestern corn farmers’ adoption of precision agriculture
Examining the social and biophysical determinants of U.S. Midwestern corn farmers’ adoption of precision agriculture
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研究美国中西部玉米种植者采用精准农业的社会和生物物理决定因素
DOI:
10.1007/s11119-019-09681-7
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Bronson, Kelly
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文献类型:
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作者:
Gardezi, Maaz;Bronson, Kelly
Precision agricultural technologies (PA) such as global positioning system tools have been commercially available since the early 1990s and they are widely thought to have environmental and economic benefit; however, adoption studies show uneven adoption among farmers in the U.S. and Europe. This study aims to tackle a lingering puzzle regarding why some farmers adopt precision agriculture as an approach to food production and why others do not. The specific objective of this study is to examine the social and biophysical determinants of farmers’ adoption of PA. This paper fills a research gap by including measurements of farmer identity—specifically their own conceptions of their role in the food system—as well as their perceptions of biophysical risks as these relate to the adoption of PA among a large sample of Midwestern U.S. farmers. The study has identified that farmer identity and perceptions of environmental risk do indeed influence PA adoption and that these considerations ought to be incorporated into further studies of PA adoption in other jurisdictions. The findings also appear to highlight the social force of policy and industry efforts to frame PA as not only good for productivity and efficiency but also as an ecologically beneficial technology.
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