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Fertilizer quality and its impacts on technical efficiency and use intensity in the North China Plain / Ling Yee Khor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khor, Ling Yee, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fertilizers.
- Fertilizers--Application--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Gottingen, [Germany] : Cuvillier Verlag, 2014.
- Summary:
- Fertilizer has helped the growth of agriculture for decades. However, its overuse in some regions has caused environmental and health problems due to pollution and contamination of groundwater.Fertilizer quality is another cause for concern in many countries, as the actual nutrient content may not match the labeled content on the packaging. The North China Plain is a region affected by both fertilizer overuse and quality problems. This study delves into the issue using economic models and survey data of farm households. Is the effectiveness of fertilizer overstated? How do farmers respond to uncertainty in fertilizer quality? Can they differentiate between good and poor quality fertilizer?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 28, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9783736948563
- 3736948565
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