在南非,玉米灌商打算采用节水技术的决定因素
Markus A Monteiro1, Yonas T Bahta2, Henry Jordaan2
1Department of Agricultural Economics, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa. monteiroMO@ufs.ac.za.
Scientific reports
|July 2, 2025
概括
农民 农民 农民 农民
科学领域:
- 农业用水管理农业用水管理
- 可持续发展 可持续发展 可持续发展
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 农业是全球主要的水消费者,需要有效管理,以实现可持续发展目标6.
- 缺水和日益增长的粮食需求推动了对创新的水资源管理战略的需求.
- 节水技术 (WST) 具有巨大的潜力,但由于行为因素,其采用率较低.
研究的目的:
- 在南非的Orange Riet灌计划中模拟灌者采用WST的意图.
- 通过计划行为理论 (TPB) 确定影响玉米种植者采用 WST 的关键因素.
- 为增强 WST 采用和可持续水资源管理制定有针对性的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 使用计划行为理论 (TPB) 框架.
- 使用部分最小平方结构方程建模 (PLS-SEM) 进行数据分析.
- 研究了影响玉米灌者采用 WST 的意图的因素.
主要成果:
- 对WST的积极态度显著影响了采用意图.
- 主观规范 (社会影响) 是WST采用意图的关键驱动力.
- 感知到的行为控制并没有显著影响灌者采用WSTs的意图.
结论:
- 干预措施应侧重于促进积极的态度和利用社会网络来促进WST的采用.
- 解决成本和复杂性等障碍对于成功实施WST至关重要.
- 结果支持通过改善水资源管理实现可持续发展目标2和非洲联盟CAADP目标的战略.
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