PMID- 35886155
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220728
LR  - 20220831
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 14
DP  - 2022 Jul 7
TI  - Does Adoption of Honeybee Pollination Promote the Economic Value of Kiwifruit 
      Farmers? Evidence from China.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph19148305 [doi]
LID - 8305
AB  - Honeybee pollination plays a significant role in sustaining the balance and 
      biodiversity of sustainable rural development, agricultural production, and 
      environments. However, little research has been carried out on the agricultural 
      and economic benefits of pollination, especially for small farmers. This study 
      investigated the adoption of honeybee pollination and its impact on farmers' 
      economic value using primary data from 186 kiwifruit farmers in three major 
      producing districts, such as Pujiang, Cangxi, and Dujiangyan, in the Sichuan 
      province of China. This study was conducted in two different steps: first, we 
      used a bivariate probit model to estimate factors influencing honeybee 
      pollination and artificial pollination adoption; second, we further used the 
      Dynamic Research Assessment Management (DREAM) approach to analyze the influence 
      of the adopted honeybee pollination economic impact. The results showed that: (1) 
      growers with higher social capital, proxied by political affiliation, are more 
      aware of quality-oriented products, and older growers tend to choose less 
      labor-intensive pollination technology; (2) with the increase in labor costs, 
      more kiwifruit growers would choose honeybee pollination, and more educated 
      growers, measured by the number of training certificates, are more likely to 
      adopt honeybee pollination; (3) the lack of awareness and access to commercial 
      pollinating swarms hinders the adoption of honeybee pollination; (4) in addition 
      to the economic benefit to producers, honey pollination also brings an even 
      larger consumer surplus. This study suggests some policy recommendations for 
      promoting bee pollination in China: raising farmers' awareness and understanding 
      of bee pollination through training, promoting supply and demand in the 
      pollination market, and optimizing the external environment through product 
      standardization and certification.
FAU - Zhang, Shemei
AU  - Zhang S
AD  - College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
FAU - Ma, Jiliang
AU  - Ma J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9734-1164
AD  - Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of 
      Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun South Dajie, Haidian District, Beijing 
      100081, China.
FAU - Zhang, Liu
AU  - Zhang L
AD  - College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
FAU - Sun, Zhanli
AU  - Sun Z
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6204-4533
AD  - Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), 
      Theodor-Lieser-Str. 2, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
FAU - Zhao, Zhijun
AU  - Zhao Z
AD  - Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of 
      Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun South Dajie, Haidian District, Beijing 
      100081, China.
FAU - Khan, Nawab
AU  - Khan N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4605-3875
AD  - College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20220707
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Agriculture
MH  - Animals
MH  - Bees
MH  - China
MH  - *Farmers
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Pollination
MH  - Sustainable Development
MH  - Technology
PMC - PMC9322907
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - China
OT  - artificial pollination
OT  - bivariate probit model
OT  - honeybee pollination
OT  - kiwifruit
OT  - resilient livelihoods
COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/07/28 06:00
MHDA- 2022/07/29 06:00
PMCR- 2022/07/07
CRDT- 2022/07/27 01:18
PHST- 2022/06/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/07/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/07/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/07/27 01:18 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/07/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/07/29 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/07/07 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph19148305 [pii]
AID - ijerph-19-08305 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph19148305 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 7;19(14):8305. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph19148305.