Technology and Knowledge-Based Behavioral Differences in the Application of Fertilizer

• Yamauchi Takahiro

  Graduate School, Mie University

• Ohara Kotaro

  Mie University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 肥料投入行動に違いをもたらす技術と意識
• 肥料投入行動に違いをもたらす技術と意識--愛知県渥美地域における施設ギク生産の環境負荷問題
• ヒリョウ トウニュウ コウドウ ニ チガイ オ モタラス ギジュツ ト イシキ アイチケン アツミ チイキ ニ オケル シセツギク セイサン ノ カンキョウ フカ モンダイ
• The Environmental Burden of Chrysanthemum Cultivation in Greenhouse in Atsumi Region, Aichi Prefecture
• 愛知県渥美地域における施設ギク生産の環境負荷問題

Abstract

This study discusses the motivational factors of applying excessive amounts of fertilizer by farmers producing chrysanthemum in greenhouse production in the Atsumi region of Aichi Prefecture, with particular emphasis on the characteristics of the farmers. The results indicate that farmers who applied large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer (1.5 times more than Aichi Prefecture's fertilizer fixed amount) were mainly attempting to improve the quality of the product and increase the crop yield. While their practices may have been the result of upgraded agricultural management, they did not always consider the environmental degradation caused by their actions. Farmers who applied a medium-large amount of nitrogen fertilizer (which ranges from more than 1.0 times to less than 1.5 times as per the Aichi Prefecture's fertilizer guidelines) had less knowledge of advanced technologies and environmental preservation issues, and tended to apply fertilizer based mainly on past experience. In addition, the following practices used by farmers who applied less nitrogen than the Aichi Prefecture guidelines are suggested as possible methods to reduce excessive fertilizer application on chrysanthemum: 1) repetition of cultivation and application of compost with a low rate of nitrogen, such as “coconut fiber”; 2) usage of drip irrigation fertilizer and applying additional applications according to growth rates; and 3) application of fertilizers with particular reference to soil characteristics.

Journal

• Journal of Rural Problems

  Journal of Rural Problems 42 (3), 281-290, 2006

  The Association for Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics

Details

• CRID: 1390001204487972992
• NII Article ID: 10018718444
• NII Book ID: AN00202829
• DOI: 10.7310/arfe1965.42.281
• ISSN: 21859973
• ISSN: 03888525
• NDL BIB ID: 8716138
• Web Site: https://agriknowledge.affrc.go.jp/RN/2010734088
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I8716138
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