中国农户化肥施用强度影响因素分析.doc

PAGE 1 How to Reduce Non-point Pollution from Crop Production? The Case of Fertilization in The authors are grateful to Jintao Xu, Zhigang Xu for many helpful comments. The research and rural households data collection was funded in part by Innovation Project (KZCX2－413) in CAS and by National Natural Sciences Foundation project 70024001). All faults are due to the authors. E-mail address: haoran.he@economics.gu.se. Correspondence address: Jia 11, Datun Road, Anwai, Beijing 100101, China. He, Haoran Department of Economics, Gothenburg P.O. Box 640, SE Zhang, Linxiu Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Li, Qiang Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Abstract Non-point pollution induced by intensive fertilizer application in Chinese rural areas has attracted increasingly attention in recent years. The major objective of this paper is to discuss what have been the major factors which impact rural households’ fertilizer application. Using household survey data collected in 2004, the paper examines the role of markets, agrotechnical extension services, household basic characteristics, natural conditions, as well as other socio-economic factors on the level of household fertilizer use. The analysis found that there was no substitution relationship between fertilizer and organic manure use. A household with more family members working off farm tends to use more fertilizer. Unexpectedly, household who received agrotechnical extension training is apt to use more fertilizer. There also exists large regional variation on the level of fertilizer application. (JEL Q53, R29) Key words: non-point pollution, fertilizer application intensity determinants, households’ behavior I. INTRODUCTION Chemical fertilizer, as an important modern input factor, contributed signif