Governmental regulation induced pesticide retailers to provide more accurate advice on pesticide use to farmers in China

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.coverage.countryChinaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CNen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Asiaen
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen
cg.creator.identifierKevin Chen: 0000-0001-7927-4132en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6622en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Developing Local Extension Capacity (DLEC)en
cg.identifier.publicationRankAen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1526-498Xen
cg.issue1en
cg.journalPest Management Scienceen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume78en
dc.contributor.authorLi, Zhongjuen
dc.contributor.authorHu, Ruifaen
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Chaoen
dc.contributor.authorXiong, Yankunen
dc.contributor.authorChen, Kevin Z.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-12T13:37:23Zen
dc.date.available2024-04-12T13:37:23Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141160
dc.titleGovernmental regulation induced pesticide retailers to provide more accurate advice on pesticide use to farmers in Chinaen
dcterms.abstractIn China, pesticide retailers have often been accused of providing inaccurate advice on pesticide use to farmers in a chaotic pesticide market. However, it is unclear whether governmental regulation of sales and advice on pesticide use by pesticide retailers induces them to provide accurate advice.Using survey data of 242 pesticide retailers in 2016, this study analyzes how pesticide retailers in China provide advice on pesticide use to farmers and examines whether governmental regulation induces pesticide retailers to provide accurate advice. The surveyed retailers were found to advise farmers to use the correct active ingredients in only 75.6% of observations. Retailers recommended pesticide application rates higher than the scientifically recommended levels among 57.2% of observations. The bivariate probit model estimation results show that highly intensive governmental regulation increases the probability of correct advice on pesticide use of pesticide retailers in the county and township seats by 13% and 19%, respectively. Moreover, highly intensive regulation can also increase the probability of pesticide non‐overuse advice by the retailers from the retailers in the villages by 38%.Highly intensive governmental regulation can induce pesticide retailers to provide more accurate advice on pesticide use to farmers, but the effects differ across the locations of pesticide retailers. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLi, Zhongju; Hu, Ruifa; Zhang, Chao; Xiong, Yankun; and Chen, Kevin Z. 2022. Governmental regulation induced pesticide retailers to provide more accurate advice on pesticide use to farmers in China. Pest Management Science 78(1): 184-192. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6622en
dcterms.extentpp. 184-192en
dcterms.issued2022-01-30en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden
dcterms.publisherJohn Wiley & Sonsen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/7907en
dcterms.subjectpesticide applicationen
dcterms.subjectfertilizersen
dcterms.subjectagricultural extensionen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectpesticidesen
dcterms.subjectregulationsen
dcterms.subjectgovernanceen
dcterms.subjectpesticide industryen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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