Effect of Agricultural Technical Training on Pesticide Usage Under Heterogeneity: A Study Based on the Propensity Score Matching Method

doi:10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb16110044

Abstract

Abstract: Chinese pesticide usage is rapidly rising in recent years, pesticide usage of unit area is far higher than that of developed countries, and improper use of pesticide will not only destroy agricultural ecological environment but also affect the quality and safety of agricultural products. To guide farmers to make reasonable pesticide usage, based on the investigation data of 345 farmers in vegetable producing areas of Shangdong Province in 2015, and considered the heterogeneity between samples, net effect of agricultural technical training on pesticide usage was estimated by propensity score matching method. The results showed that technical training could effectively guide farmers in reasonable pesticide usage with a pesticide usage reduction of 17.35%-19.72%.

CLC Number:

曾伟 and . Effect of Agricultural Technical Training on Pesticide Usage Under Heterogeneity: A Study Based on the Propensity Score Matching Method[J]. Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin, 2018, 34(1): 159-164.

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