Adoption of direct seeded rice, land use and enterprise income: Evidence from Chinese rice producers

Wenbiao Sha; Fengbo Chen; Ashok K. Mishra

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.01.039

Adoption of direct seeded rice, land use and enterprise income: Evidence from Chinese rice producers

Wenbiao Sha, Fengbo Chen, Ashok K. Mishra

Agribusiness, Morrison School of

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Abstract

China is the world largest producer and consumer of rice. With stagnant yields, resource depletion, labor shortages direct-seed rice (DSR) is gaining the interest of rice producers in southern China. This study investigates the impact of the adoption of DSR on rice yield and net rice income of Chinese farmers. We use plot-level data from four provinces in southern China. Results indicate that rice yield increase by 3.1% for DSR adopters and by 0.7% if puddled transplanted rice (PTR) producers adopted DSR method. Finally, we find that net rice income increased by 66% if PTR method plots switched to DSR method. Adoption of DSR should be encouraged by policymakers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	564-570
Number of pages	7
Journal	Land Use Policy
Volume	83
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.01.039
State	Published - Apr 2019

Keywords

ATT
ATU
China
Direct seeded rice
Net income
Switching regression
Yield

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Forestry
Geography, Planning and Development
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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