Analysis on farmers’ adoptive behavior of soil testing for formulated fertilization: empirical evidence from the xuecheng district of zaozhuang city in shandong province | 农户测土配方施肥技术采纳行为研究――基于山东省枣庄市薛城区农户调研数据

Chinese. 目的研究农户逐步采纳测土配方施肥技术行为的技术效果及其影响因素。方法利用实地调研数据，采用T检验和Bivariate Probit计量模型进行实证研究。结果样本地区农户“未采纳”、“部分采纳”和“完全采纳”测土配方施肥技术行为在技术效果上存在显著差异。地块特征、技术指导对农户“部分采纳”测土配方施肥技术的行为呈显著正相关；农户的年龄对农户“完全采纳”该技术呈显著负相关；而农业收入比重、农户的耕地面积、施肥观念、技术理解能力、技术指导、技术获得对农户“完全采纳”该技术的行为呈显著正相关。结论农户采纳测土配方施肥技术具有显著的增收效应。农户耕地采用平均分地的分配方式、与农技人员联系不方便会导致农户“未采纳”测土配方施肥技术；而农户的年龄偏高、农业收入比重相对较低、耕地面积相对较小、具有传统施肥观念、未能全面理解测土配方施肥技术和缺失配方卡是农户“部分采纳”该技术的重要原因。

English. Objective This research was conducted to study the technical results and affecting factors of sequential farmer’s adoption of soil testing for formulated fertilization.MethodThe student’s T test and Bivariate Probit model were employed on the survey data of the sampling area. Result There was a significant difference in technical results among no-, partial-, and full-adoption of the technology. The area of farmer’s land and technical guidance showed a positive correlation with the farmer’s partial-adoption. The age of farmers had a negative correlation with the farmer’s full-adoption, while the proportion of agricultural income , the area of farmers’ land, concept of fertilization, understanding of the technology, technical guidance, and technical availability card indicated a positive correlation with the farmer’s full-adoption. Conclusion The farmer’s adoption of soil testing for formulated fertilization had a significant income effect. The most important reasons for no-adoption included equal subdivision of farmer’s land and inconvenience to contact with agricultural technology manager. And the crucial factors in partial-adoption were due to the higher age of farmers, low proportion of agricultural income to personal earning, relatively small arable land, old-fashioned concept of fertilization, incomplete understanding the concept of this novel technology and missing fertilization guidance card.