Farmers' seed choice behaviors under asymmetrical information:Evidence from maize farming in China

	Farmers' seed choice behaviors under asymmetrical information:Evidence from maize farming in China
	Qiu Huanguang 4; Wang Xiaobing 2; Zhang Caiping 3; Xu Zhigang 1
刊名	Journal of Integrative Agriculture
	2016
卷号	15 期号:8 页码:1915
ISSN号	2095-3119
英文摘要	Using a household survey data collected from four leading maize producing provinces in China, this paper studies the decisions of maize farmers on seed choices and variety portfolios when asymmetrical information exists in the market. Our findings indicate, while farmers generally tend to adopt new varieties with the expectation of potential higher yield, the primary driver to do so for those who have less information on seed varieties is to reduce production risk. Improving seed market management and providing more seed information to farmers would be beneficial in choosing seed varieties and maize production.
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/113123]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
作者单位	1.南京农业大学 2.中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所 3.中央财经大学 4.中国人民大学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qiu Huanguang,Wang Xiaobing,Zhang Caiping,et al. Farmers' seed choice behaviors under asymmetrical information:Evidence from maize farming in China[J]. Journal of Integrative Agriculture,2016,15(8):1915.
APA	Qiu Huanguang,Wang Xiaobing,Zhang Caiping,&Xu Zhigang.(2016).Farmers' seed choice behaviors under asymmetrical information:Evidence from maize farming in China.Journal of Integrative Agriculture,15(8),1915.
MLA	Qiu Huanguang,et al."Farmers' seed choice behaviors under asymmetrical information:Evidence from maize farming in China".Journal of Integrative Agriculture 15.8(2016):1915.