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New SCI Paper《Impacts of training on farmers' nitrogen use in maize production in Shandong, China》
Release date：2012/8/13 Source： ccap
Jikun Huang, Cheng Xiang, Xiangping Jia, Ruifa Hu. “Impacts of training on farmers' nitrogen use in maize production in Shandong, China” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 2012 67(4):321-327 doi:10.2489/jswc.67.4.321Abstract
Inorganic fertilizer plays an important role in increasing Chinese food production. However, recent studies showed that Chinese farmers have been significantly overusing nitrogen (N) fertilizer. The overall goal of this study is to investigate the impact of delivering information and knowledge regarding appropriate nitrogen fertilizer use in maize production. Based on this experimental study, which provided training to farmers in maize production in the North China Plain, the present study finds that training does have a positive impact on farmer practices. Indeed, the training was effective in reducing overall N fertilizer use by 22 percent, though the N application after training was still higher than the level recommended by scientists. These findings have important implications for China’s extension system, as well as its efforts to reduce non-point pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
Keywords: maize—fertilizer—nitrogen—knowledge training—China
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