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A Study of the Characteristics of Rural Household Affecting the Behavior of Applying Pesticides

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  • Shenrong Gao Author-Workplace-Nantong University, School of Business, China

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Small-scale farmers constitute the main Chinese agricultural production. Based on the investigation and relevant data from 500 small-scale farmers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, this paper analyzes their behavioral characteristics of experience from family, friends and neighbors, education background and cultivation areas have a positive effect on the frequency of applying pesticides, while gender has a negative one. Therefore, farmers should keep on learning to master advanced technology and concept and promote the awareness of safety production. Besides, they also need to improve self-quality, regularize their acts of production and ensure the safe quality of agricultural products from the beginning.

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  • Shenrong Gao Author-Workplace-Nantong University, School of Business, China, 2016. "A Study of the Characteristics of Rural Household Affecting the Behavior of Applying Pesticides," Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 2(1), pages 25-28, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:artoaj:v:2:y:2016:i:1:p:25-28
    DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2015.02.555579
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