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Efficiency in Agricultural Production

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 6654

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Lyudmila N. Zhichkina

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Department of Land Management, Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Samara State Agrarian University, 446442 Kinel, Russia
Interests: economic efficiency of growing crops; research into the chemicalization of agriculture; agricultural ecology; plant protection; information technology in agriculture

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The efficiency of agricultural production is a complex concept that includes theoretical, methodological, technological, organizational, and economic aspects related to the specifics of running an agricultural business. 

The main purpose of this Special Issue is to identify ways to improve the efficiency of agriculture. For this, the following areas of research are considered: 

  • Determination of the features of modern agricultural technologies that provide an increase in the economic result of agricultural production;
  • Formation of an optimal production infrastructure;
  • Determination of the role of state support, taking into account the requirements of the World Trade Organization, etc. 

Improving the efficiency of agricultural technology is a condition for providing the growing population of the world with the necessary amount of scripture products at affordable prices, as well as the financial basis for further scientific research to further improve food production technologies, raw materials for the processing industry, an additional source of clean energy. Additionally, within the framework of the concept of multifunctionality of agriculture, an increase in the efficiency of agricultural production is key to the qualitative performance of related functions by agricultural enterprises, such as rural development, infrastructure maintenance, and human development. 

Among the main technological directions for increasing the efficiency of agriculture, one can note the improvement of technologies (cultivation of agricultural crops, maintenance and reproduction of animals), chemicalization of agriculture (use of new types of fertilizers, plant protection products, veterinary drugs, feed), improvement of selection and breeding work, increase in the degree of mechanization and modernization of equipment, digitalization of agriculture, development of resource-saving technologies and organic farming, etc.

Dr. Lyudmila N. Zhichkina
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Agronomy is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • сrop production
  • animal husbandry
  • efficiency
  • mechanization
  • digitalization
  • economics
  • government support

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The Effect of Uncertainty of Risks on Farmers’ Contractual Choice Behavior for Agricultural Productive Services: An Empirical Analysis from the Black Soil in Northeast China
by Ying Xue, Yuxuan Xu, Jie Lyu and Hongbin Liu
Agronomy 2022, 12(11), 2677; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12112677 - 28 Oct 2022
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Regulating farmers’ choice of agricultural production service (APS) contracts can help maintain the stability of transactions, enhance agricultural production efficiency, protect farmers’ rights and welfare, stimulate the healthy and sustainable development of service organizations, and promote the economic benefits of agriculture. Under the [...] Read more.
Regulating farmers’ choice of agricultural production service (APS) contracts can help maintain the stability of transactions, enhance agricultural production efficiency, protect farmers’ rights and welfare, stimulate the healthy and sustainable development of service organizations, and promote the economic benefits of agriculture. Under the uncertainty of risk (RU), farmers’ willingness to sign a regulated service contract after purchasing APS is a key factor in reaching an efficient and high-quality partnership. Based on the survey data of the black soil area in northeastern China, this study uses the Heckman two-stage model and analyzes it under the logical framework of APS purchases and contractual choice behavior (CCB) under the role of RU. The main findings are as follows. First, the RU has a significant “inducing” effect on farmers’ CCB, and the higher the RU, the more farmers tend to make formal written contracts; among them, each unit increase in business risk increases farmers’ choice of written contracts by 0.797 units, which is an important factor affecting CCB. Second, farmers’ personal trust level played a positive moderating role in influencing CCB. Compared to the low trust level group, farmers in the high trust level group had a diminished degree of influence on CCB, but the intensity was relatively weak. Third, farmers’ personal, family, and social characteristics all influence their behavioral decision-making processes. In order to reduce the risk level of cooperation between farmers and service providers, which can promote the standardization of cooperation contracts, this study suggests that the government should use the publication of manuals and other forms to carry out legal literacy, promote labor market information transparency, reduce service risks, and enhance the effectiveness of the linkage between farmers and service providers. Full article
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Diversification of Rice-Based Cropping System for Improving System Productivity and Soil Health in Eastern Gangetic Plains of India
by Bharati Upadhaya, Kaushal Kishor, Vipin Kumar, Navnit Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Vinod Kumar Yadav, Randhir Kumar, Ahmed Gaber, Alison M. Laing, Marian Brestic and Akbar Hossain
Agronomy 2022, 12(10), 2393; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102393 - 3 Oct 2022
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Mono-cropping in the farming system decline in farm profit, climate change, and food insecurity are some of the major concerns that lead to unsustainability in the agricultural production system in the Eastern Gangetic Plains. A study was conducted for three years from June [...] Read more.
Mono-cropping in the farming system decline in farm profit, climate change, and food insecurity are some of the major concerns that lead to unsustainability in the agricultural production system in the Eastern Gangetic Plains. A study was conducted for three years from June 2019 to June 2022 at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar, India, to assess the profitable and best rice-based cropping system through crop diversification for sustainable agriculture. Ten different cropping sequences were exploited using randomised block design and replicated thrice, with the system productivity ranging from 8.70 to 24.95 t ha−1 under the different cropping sequences. The system productivity was increased by 187% and profitability by 299.52% in the maize − Cole crops − sesame cropping system over the rice − wheat cropping system. A diversified cropping system with black gram − maize + vegetable pea − sesbania possessed significantly more soil organic carbon (0.49%), bacterial population (47.85 × 106 cfu/g soil), azotobacter population (42.96 × 104 cfu/g soil), phosphate solubilising bacteria (20.72 × 106 cfu/g soil), dehydrogenase activity (4.39 µg TPF/g/h), fluorescein diacetate hydrolytic activity (17.28 µg fluorescein/g/h) and acid phosphatase activity (451.46 µg pNP/g/h), as well as urease activity (47.21 µg NH4+/g/h), relative to the rice–wheat cropping system. Therefore, the adoption of vegetables and legumes as diversified crops are viable options for enhancing productivity, profitability and soil health in the EGPs. Full article
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