• Home
  • Journals
  • Focus
  • Conferences
  • Researchers
  • Sign in

Outline

  • Abstract
  • Keywords

Figures(5)

标签(1)

Table 1

其他(2)

PDF
Document

Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering

2018, Volume 5,  Issue 4, Pages 485-498
    • PDF
    • collect

    A proposed framework for accelerating technology trajectories in agriculture: a case study in China

    1. School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
    2. FERA Sciences Ltd., National Agri-Food Innovation Campus, Sand Hutton, Yo41 1LZ, UK
    3. RSK ADAS, Leeds, LS15 8GB, UK
    4. School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
    5. National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, China
    6. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100081, China
    7. School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

    Accepted: 2018-11-07 Available online:2018-11-19
    Show More
    10.15302/J-FASE-2018244
    Cite this article
    Beth CLARK, Glyn D. JONES, Helen KENDALL, James TAYLOR, Yiying CAO, Wenjing LI, Chunjiang ZHAO, Jing CHEN, Guijun YANG, Liping CHEN, Zhenhong LI, Rachel GAULTON, Lynn J. FREWER.A proposed framework for accelerating technology trajectories in agriculture: a case study in China[J].Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering,2018,5(4):485-498.

    Abstract

    Precision agriculture (PA) technologies have great potential for promoting sustainable intensification of food production, ensuring targeted delivery of agricultural inputs, and hence food security and environmental protection. The benefits of PA technologies are applicable across a broad range of agronomic, environmental and rural socio-economic contexts globally. However, farmer and land-manager adoption in low to middle income countries has typically been slower than that observed in more affluent countries. China is currently engaged in the process of agricultural modernisation to ensure food security for its 1.4 billion population and has developed a portfolio of policies designed to improve food security, while simultaneously promoting environmental protection. Particular attention has been paid to the reduction of agricultural inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides. The widespread adoption of PA technologies across the Chinese agricultural landscape is central to the success of these policies. However, socio-economic and cultural barriers, farm scale, (in particular the prevalence of smaller family farms) and demographic changes in the rural population, (for example, the movement of younger people to the cities) represent barriers to PA adoption across China. A framework for ensuring an acceptable and accelerated PA technology trajectory is proposed which combines systematic understanding of farmer and end-user priorities and preferences for technology design throughout the technology development process, and subsequent end-user requirements for implementation (including demonstration of economic and agronomic benefits, and knowledge transfer). Future research will validate the framework against qualitative and quantitative socio-economic, cultural and agronomic indicators of successful, or otherwise, PA implementation. The results will provide the evidence upon which to develop further policies regarding how to secure sustainable food production and how best to implement PA in China, as well as practical recommendations for optimising end-user uptake.

    Keywords

    precision agriculture ; farmer adoption ; technological innovation
    SupplementaryMaterials
    Previous article in issue
    article in issue Next
    登录后,您可以进行评论。请先登录

    评论

    评论

    • 所有评论
     咋就跳到顶部了
    2019-04-23 11:24:14
    回复 (0)
    inspur  手机账号
    2019-05-10 11:30:17
    回复 (0)

    Read

    504

    Download

    7

    Related Research

    Current Issue
      Current Issue
        Follow us
        Copyright © 2015 China Engineering Science Press.
        京ICP备11030251号
        Follow us
        Copyright © 2015 China Engineering Science Press.
        京ICP备11030251号