Mechanization of small-scale agriculture in China: Lessons for enhancing smallholder access to agricultural machinery

W Liao, F Zeng, M Chanieabate - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Developing countries with small-scale agriculture have yet to exploit the untapped potential
of agricultural mechanization. This is because of the misconception that mechanization is …

Impact of outsourced machinery services on farmers' green production behavior: evidence from Chinese rice farmers

C Qing, W Zhou, J Song, X Deng, D Xu - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
As an important part of agricultural socialization services, outsourced machinery services
are of great significance for promoting the green development of agriculture. Using the field …

Developing a conceptual partner matching framework for digital green innovation of agricultural high-end equipment manufacturing system toward agriculture 5.0: A …

S Yin, Y Wang, J Xu - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Digital green innovation (DGI) is the core factor that affects the digitalization and
decarbonization strategy of agricultural high-end equipment manufacturing (AHEM) system …

Computer vision and deep learning-based approaches for detection of food nutrients/nutrition: New insights and advances

S Kaushal, DK Tammineni, P Rana, M Sharma… - Trends in Food Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Nutrition plays a vital role in maintaining human health. Traditional methods
used for assessing food composition and nutritional content often require destructive sample …

Climate-smart agricultural practices for promoting sustainable agrifood production: yield impacts and implications for food security

P Vatsa, W Ma, H Zheng, J Li - Food Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change is increasing the vulnerability of agriculture to climate risks and hindering
sustainable agrifood production. This study explored whether and to what extent adopting …

[Retracted] Implementing Machine Learning for Smart Farming to Forecast Farmers' Interest in Hiring Equipment

M Rakhra, S Sanober, NN Quadri… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Farmers' physical labor and debt are reduced as a result of agricultural automation, which
emphasizes efficient and effective use of various machines in farming operations with the …

Driving factors for green innovation in agricultural production: An empirical study in an emerging economy

NTK Chi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused catastrophic global upheaval with the potential to alter
geopolitical and socio-economic norms. This study offers potential insights for the post …

Adoption and intensity of agricultural mechanization and their impact on non-farm employment of rural women

W Ma, X Zhou, D Boansi, GSA Horlu, V Owusu - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
This study analyzes the impact of the adoption of agricultural mechanization and its intensity
on the non-farm employment of rural women using the 2016 China Labor-force Dynamics …

What drives smallholders to utilize socialized agricultural services for farmland scale management? Insights from the perspective of collective action

L Zang, Y Wang, J Ke, Y Su - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
The diseconomies of scale found in smallholders' agricultural production is a common
problem faced by global agricultural development. Notable examples of regions in which …

Can mechanized pesticide application help reduce pesticide use and increase crop yield? Evidence from rice farmers in Jiangsu province, China

J Li, P Vatsa, W Ma - International Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study is devoted to analyzing the effects of outsourcing machinery-intensive farming
activities vis-à-vis using mechanized equipment in-house on pesticide use, utilizing cross …