Adoption and Uptake Pathway of Bt Cotton by Chinese Smallholders

doi:10.13523/j.cb.20161115

China Biotechnology

2016, Vol. 36

Issue (11): 109-115 DOI: 10.13523/j.cb.20161115

Adoption and Uptake Pathway of Bt Cotton by Chinese Smallholders

XIANG Cheng¹, WANG Xiao bing², HUANG Ji kun²

1. Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development CAAS, Beijing 100081, China;
2. China Center for Agricultural Policy, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Abstract

Bt cotton is well reported as a successful case of biotechnology adoption in China, the literature on farmer adoption of Bt cotton is generally on the socio-economic benefits experienced by farmers while not much has been studied on the adoption process itself. Based on the tools of focus group discussion and innovation tree, the adoption and uptake pathways of Bt cotton among smallholders in China were analyzed and the roles of different stakeholders were identified. The results showed that, to facilitate the rapid diffusion of GM technology to farmers, both public and private sectors can play important roles. First, the ability of seed companies to generate enough seed for the market after the approval of a biotech crop affects the scale of initial adoption or the number of farmers who can plant new crop; Secondly, technology developers from either public research institutions or biotech companies are important facilitators in the initial diffusion of biotechnology. Thirdly, having a good local technology extension and training service is critical to disseminating appropriate information and knowledge to farmers so that they can fully benefit from the new technology. Lastly, improving the social network of farmers can facilitate the rapid adoption and pathways of Bt cotton diffusion.

Key words： Innovation tree Adoption Bt cotton

Received: 30 May 2016 Published: 25 November 2016

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XIANG Cheng, WANG Xiao bing, HUANG Ji kun. Adoption and Uptake Pathway of Bt Cotton by Chinese Smallholders. China Biotechnology, 2016, 36(11): 109-115.

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