Identifying barriers to sustainable apple production: A stakeholder perspective.
Identifying barriers to sustainable apple production: A stakeholder perspective.
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确定可持续苹果生产的障碍：利益相关者的观点。
DOI：
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114082
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发表时间：
2022-01-15
影响因子：
8.7
通讯作者：
Frewer LJ
中科院分区：
文献类型：
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作者：
Jin S;Li W;Cao Y;Jones G;Chen J;Li Z;Chang Q;Yang G;Frewer LJ
苹果是中国笔下最重要的经济作物之一。然而，它的生产也带来了负面的经济、环境和社会影响。本研究旨在运用整体系统的观点来了解中国苹果生产中存在的问题，并利用这些信息来提高其可持续性。对山东和山西的农民(n=245)进行了结构化调查，并结合对苹果供应链利益相关者的半结构化访谈(n=25%)。根据访谈数据的归纳主题分析确定主题、维度和关系，然后根据调查数据进行三角划分。解释结构模型和交叉影响矩阵乘法应用于分类方法，以研究系统内激发元素的相互关系和影响。结果表明，中国苹果生产存在多种环境、经济和社会问题，包括与综合投入应用相关的环境和健康风险、产量不稳定、苹果品质恶化、农民不确定进入市场的途径以及农业劳动力老龄化。社会经济和供应链问题的相互作用导致了苹果生产系统内不可持续的做法的系统锁定。现有的农业政策是无效的，因为它们没有包括政策杠杆，以减轻系统内禁锢不可持续做法的多种因素。这项研究提供了证据，使政策制定者能够制定有效和有针对性的战略，以促进苹果生产系统内的可持续生产。特别是，未来的政策组合应考虑到整个粮食系统，包括不同利益攸关方的观点和要求。所采用的三阶段方法证明了在特定的文化和政策背景下调查特定行业所面临的可持续性问题的可行性。确定了21个阻碍中国苹果可持续生产的障碍。恶性循环困住了苹果生产系统中的不同问题。在现有工具和做法周围存在社会技术锁定。无效的农业政策严重阻碍了苹果产量的提升。建立了农业可持续性研究的三阶段方法。
Apple is one of the most important cash crops in China. However, negative economic, environmental and social impacts are associated with its production. This study aims to apply a holistic systems perspective to understand existing problems associated with apple production in China and use this information to improve its sustainability. A structured survey was administered to farmers (n = 245) in Shandong and Shanxi provinces, combined with semi-structured interviews with apple supply chain stakeholders (n = 25). Themes, dimensions and relationships were identified based on an inductive thematic analysis of interview data, and then triangulated against the survey data. Interpretive Structural Modelling and Cross-Impact Matrix Multiplication Applied to Classification methods were applied to investigate interrelationships and effects of the elicited elements within the system. The results indicated that various environmental, economic and social problems are associated with apple production in China, including environmental and health risks associated with synthetic input applications, yield instability, deterioration of apple quality, farmers’ uncertainty about accessing routes to market, and the ageing farming workforce. The interaction of socio-economic and supply chain issues has contributed to the system “lock-in” to unsustainable practices within the apple production system. Existing agricultural policies were ineffective as they did not include policy leverage to mitigate the multiple factors driving lock-in to unsustainable practices within the system. The research has provided evidence to enable policymakers to develop effective and targeted strategies to facilitate sustainable production within the apple production system. In particular, the future policy mix should consider the entirety of the food system including perspectives and requirements of different stakeholders. The three-stage approach applied has demonstrated its feasibility of investigating sustainability issues facing a particular industry within a specific cultural and policy context. 21 barriers to Chinese sustainable apple production were identified. Vicious circles trap different problems in the apple production system. There exists socio-technical lock-in around existing tools and practices. Ineffective agricultural policies strongly hinder upgrading apple production. A three-stage approach was established for researching agricultural sustainability.
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影响因子：
12.1
作者：
Gardas, Bhaskar B.;Raut, Rakesh D.;Narkhede, Balkrishna E.
通讯作者：
Narkhede, Balkrishna E.
影响因子：
8.7
作者：
Agi, Maher A. N.;Nishant, Rohit
通讯作者：
Nishant, Rohit
影响因子：
3.7
作者：
Clark, Beth;Jones, Glyn D.;Frewer, Lynn J.
通讯作者：
Frewer, Lynn J.
DOI：
10.1068/a3511
发表时间：
2003-03-01
期刊：
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A
影响因子：
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作者：
Collet, E;Mormont, M
通讯作者：
Mormont, M
影响因子：
13.2
作者：
Balaji, M.;Arshinder, K.
通讯作者：
Arshinder, K.