IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103048

Alice R. Kininmonth , Rebecca A. Stone , Victoria Jenneson , Emily Ennis , Robyn Naisbitt , Alexandra M. Johnstone , Michelle A. Morris , Alison Fildes , the DIO Food Team

Background

In 2022, legislation in England restricted products high in fat, sugar, or salt (HFSS) in prominent store locations. This study explores retail sector (including enforcement of legislation in retail) responses to the legislation’s implementation.

Methods

Four major UK retailers – ASDA, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco − completed business-level online surveys. Interviews were conducted with representatives from three retailers (n = 13; Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s), the British Retail Consortium (n = 1), and primary authority enforcement (n = 1) (N = 15). Data were collected between July and November 2024. Findings informed co-production workshops (n = 3) to develop policy recommendations.

Results

Stakeholders supported legislation aims but voiced concerns about complexities with interpretation and implementation, limited communication with government, access to product nutrition data, and delays to guidance. Retailers utilised various HFSS product promotional strategies while achieving compliance. Retailers reported very limited enforcement. These findings were synthesised and facilitated the development of seven policy recommendations through co-production workshops between academics and the Institute of Grocery distribution.

Conclusion

HFSS legislation represents a landmark shift in regulation of the retail food environment, but clearer, timely guidance, data provision, and transparent co-production with actors cognisant of the food sector is needed to ensure legislation can be effectively implemented, enforced and evaluated.

2022年，英国立法限制高脂肪、高糖或高盐产品（HFSS）出现在显眼的商店位置。本研究探讨零售业（包括零售业立法的执行）对立法实施的反应。方法英国四大零售商——阿斯达、莫里森、塞恩斯伯里和乐购——完成了商业层面的在线调查。访谈对象包括三家零售商（n = 13; Asda、morrison、Sainsbury’s）、英国零售协会（n = 1）和主要执法机构（n = 1）的代表（n = 15）。数据收集于2024年7月至11月。调查结果为联合制作讲习班（n = 3）提供了信息，以制定政策建议。利益相关者支持立法目标，但对解释和实施的复杂性、与政府的沟通有限、获取产品营养数据以及指导的延迟表示担忧。零售商利用各种HFSS产品促销策略，同时实现合规。零售商报告说，执法非常有限。这些发现被综合起来，并通过学术界和杂货分销研究所之间的联合生产研讨会促进了七项政策建议的发展。hfss立法代表了零售食品环境监管的里程碑式转变，但需要更清晰、及时的指导、数据提供以及与认识食品行业的参与者透明的合作，以确保立法能够有效实施、执行和评估。

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Addressing conflict and weather shocks in agrifood value chains: policy preferences of Nigerian maize wholesalers 解决农业食品价值链中的冲突和天气冲击：尼日利亚玉米批发商的政策偏好

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103046

Daye Kwon , Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie , Thomas Reardon , Nicole M. Mason , Oyinkan Tasie

We study the preferences of Nigerian maize wholesalers regarding interventions or measures (henceforth, “policies”) aimed at preventing or mitigating the effects of violent conflicts and extreme weather events on their trade. Using the best-worst scaling method, we evaluate their preferences for nine policy options related to conflict shocks and eight policy options for weather shocks, categorized into hard and soft infrastructure policy measures. The method was implemented using primary survey data collected from 300 urban and regional market maize wholesalers across major maize-producing and consuming states in Nigeria, including Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, and Plateau in the north, as well as Oyo in the south. The key findings include: (1) wholesalers strongly prefer road security soft infrastructure for conflict shocks and flood-proofing hard infrastructure for weather shocks; (2) wholesalers, in general, value cash relief after shocks; (3) women wholesalers prioritize public hard infrastructure over cash relief; (4) wholesalers in the relatively safer southern region prioritize road security against conflict and banditry on long supply routes from the northern maize-producing region more than northern wholesalers, who source locally; and (5) more educated wholesalers favor market-oriented solutions like insurance and loans. These results highlight the need for tailored policy responses aligned with different shocks and wholesaler characteristics.

我们研究了尼日利亚玉米批发商对干预或措施（以下简称“政策”）的偏好，这些干预或措施旨在防止或减轻暴力冲突和极端天气事件对其贸易的影响。使用最佳-最差尺度法，我们评估了他们对与冲突冲击相关的九项政策选择和与天气冲击相关的八项政策选择的偏好，并将其分为硬基础设施政策措施和软基础设施政策措施。该方法的实施使用了从尼日利亚主要玉米生产和消费州（包括北部的卡杜纳、卡诺、卡齐纳和高原以及南部的奥约）的300个城市和区域市场玉米批发商收集的初步调查数据。主要发现包括：(1)批发商强烈偏好冲突冲击时的道路安全软基础设施和天气冲击时的防洪硬基础设施；(2)批发商，一般来说，价值现金救济后的冲击；(3)女性批发商优先考虑公共硬基础设施，而不是现金救济；(4)相对安全的南部地区的批发商比在当地采购的北部批发商更重视北部玉米产区长供应路线上的道路安全，以防止冲突和土匪活动；(5)受过更多教育的批发商青睐保险和贷款等以市场为导向的解决方案。这些结果突出表明，有必要根据不同的冲击和批发商的特点制定有针对性的政策应对措施。

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Female earnings and dietary diversity: Evidence from an inflationary economic crisis 女性收入和饮食多样性：来自通货膨胀性经济危机的证据

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103037

Michael Olabisi , Uswat Adeyemi , Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie

Which households experience the most significant changes in their nutritional profile during economic crises? This paper presents evidence from Nigeria’s economic crisis of 2023–24, marked by food price inflation of more than 40% at its peak. Our study investigates how household income can help alleviate the adverse effects of inflation, particularly in households with female income earners. Our findings reveal that households with income-earning women had higher dietary diversity, all else equal. However, these households are more susceptible to inflation-induced declines, particularly in rural areas. Overall, our study highlights the critical role of women income earners and the importance of diversifying household income sources to enhance resilience against economic shocks.

在经济危机期间，哪些家庭的营养状况发生了最显著的变化？本文提供了2023-24年尼日利亚经济危机的证据，其标志是食品价格通胀在峰值时超过40%。我们的研究调查了家庭收入如何帮助缓解通货膨胀的不利影响，特别是在有女性收入者的家庭中。我们的研究结果表明，在其他条件相同的情况下，有收入女性的家庭饮食多样性更高。然而，这些家庭更容易受到通货膨胀导致的房价下跌的影响，尤其是在农村地区。总体而言，我们的研究强调了女性收入收入者的关键作用，以及家庭收入来源多样化对增强抵御经济冲击的能力的重要性。

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Weak pulse: a Q-methodology study of stakeholder viewpoints on barriers in European food legume value chains 弱脉冲：利益相关者对欧洲食品豆类价值链壁垒观点的q方法论研究

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.103033

Tobias Holmsgaard Rønn , Christoph Schulze , Mikołaj Czajkowski , Bettina Matzdorf , Olga M. Moreno-Pérez , Søren Bøye Olsen , Mette Termansen , Wojciech Zawadzki

European ambitions for more sustainable food systems rely, in part, on expanding the production and consumption of food legumes. Yet European food legume value chains remain marginal, and EU and national level supporting policies are few. We apply Q–methodology to provide novel evidence about stakeholder perceptions of the relative importance of current value chain barriers and their interrelationship, while also exploring how these perceptions vary among stakeholders from different European countries. Based on a Principal Component Analysis of 91 Danish, German, Polish, and Spanish value chain stakeholders’ sorting of 28 barrier statements, we extract five shared viewpoints, pointing out the perceived most important barriers: (1) a lack of capacity for end-product production and use; (2) unattractive legume products; (3) governance, institutional and capacity gaps; (4) unfavorable food system conditions; and (5) a restricted domestic raw material production. Cross–country analyses reveal that some viewpoints are widely shared, whereas others are country–specific. Our findings underscore the need for a flexible portfolio of European and national policy measures, such as educational initiatives, institutional support, network development, and coordinated national and regional strategies, to effectively address the value chain barriers currently inhibiting the realization of the full potential of food legumes as a pathway toward a more sustainable European food system.

欧洲实现更可持续粮食系统的雄心，在一定程度上取决于扩大食用豆类的生产和消费。然而，欧洲的食品豆类价值链仍然处于边缘，欧盟和国家层面的支持政策很少。我们运用q -方法论提供了有关利益相关者对当前价值链壁垒的相对重要性及其相互关系的看法的新证据，同时也探索了来自不同欧洲国家的利益相关者之间这些看法的差异。基于91个丹麦、德国、波兰和西班牙价值链利益相关者对28个障碍陈述的主成分分析，我们提取了5个共同观点，指出了认为最重要的障碍：(1)缺乏最终产品生产和使用的能力；(2)豆科产品不美观；(3)治理、制度和能力差距；(4)不利的粮食系统条件；(5)限制国内原材料生产。跨国分析表明，有些观点是广泛共享的，而另一些观点则是国家特有的。我们的研究结果强调，需要一个灵活的欧洲和国家政策措施组合，如教育倡议、机构支持、网络发展以及协调的国家和区域战略，以有效解决目前阻碍实现食品豆类的全部潜力的价值链障碍，作为通往更可持续的欧洲食品系统的途径。

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Funeral reform, land use, and environmental consequences: evidence from China 丧葬改革、土地使用和环境后果：来自中国的证据

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103036

Xiaoli Hao , Erxiang Miao , Zhiyang Shen , Yuhong Li , Shuran Wang , Haitao Wu

Against the backdrop of China’s twin objectives to uphold the 1.8 billion mu arable land baseline and alleviate air pollution, this research employs the national pilot for funeral reform as a policy intervention for a natural experiment. The analysis adopts a DID methodology to estimate the causal effects of this reform on two fronts: the multifunctionality of cultivated land and the concentrations of urban air pollutants, specifically carbon monoxide (CO) and sulfur dioxide (SO₂). The results indicated that the implementation of funeral reform significantly enhanced the multifunctionality of cultivated land, particularly by improving its production function and living function. These effects were more pronounced in transportation hubs and major grain-producing regions across North, Northeast, East, and Central China. Mechanism analysis demonstrated that these improvements were primarily driven by the expansion of land transfers and the reduction of land fragmentation, which facilitated the development of large-scale agricultural operations. However, a trade-off was identified, where funeral reform significantly increased local air pollution, with average CO concentrations rising by 0.0949 mg/m³ and SO₂ concentrations increasing by 3.2490 µg/m³, respectively. This adverse environmental effect was largely attributable to the expansion of cemeteries and funeral home facilities accompanying the reform.

在中国坚持18亿亩耕地底线和缓解空气污染的双重目标背景下，本研究采用国家殡葬改革试点作为政策干预的自然实验。该分析采用DID方法来估计这一改革在两个方面的因果影响：耕地的多功能性和城市空气污染物的浓度，特别是一氧化碳（CO）和二氧化硫（SO2）。结果表明，丧葬改革的实施显著增强了耕地的多功能，特别是提高了耕地的生产功能和生活功能。这些影响在华北、东北、华东和华中的交通枢纽和主要粮食产区更为明显。机制分析表明，这些改善主要是由土地转让的扩大和土地破碎化的减少推动的，这促进了大规模农业经营的发展。然而，我们发现了一个权衡，葬礼改革显著增加了当地的空气污染，平均CO浓度分别增加了0.0949 mg/m3和SO2浓度增加了3.2490µg/m3。这种不利的环境影响很大程度上归因于伴随改革而来的墓地和殡仪馆设施的扩大。

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Profitability and exit decisions of organic dairy farmers in the EU 欧盟有机奶农的盈利能力和退出决策

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103034

Stefan Hirsch , Ayoub Barissoul , Niklas Möhring , Max Koppenberg

Global policy goals have been set for the expansion of organic farming. However, in most European countries, progress towards this goal is limited, with some organic farmers reverting to conventional production or ceasing production altogether. While various studies have addressed the profitability of organic farming, holistic evidence on the EU level and on farmers’ exit decisions is still lacking. We use a large dataset covering 71% of the EU market to analyze the relationship between dairy farmers’ decision to produce organically and their profitability. Moreover, we investigate the decision of these farmers to exit organic production. Our results reveal that organic farms achieve, on average, a higher profitability. However, the probability of exiting the organic market increases consistently in the years after conversion, peaking in year eight, which reflects difficulties in the transition process. Subsequently, exit probabilities decrease as farms seem to have familiarized themselves with organic production methods and positioned themselves in the sector. Finally, downward fluctuations in profitability and price premiums for organic milk are associated with a higher exit probability. The results show that policy-makers should specifically target the early phase after conversion and provide risk management instruments to support policy targets for organic production.

扩大有机农业的全球政策目标已经确立。然而，在大多数欧洲国家，实现这一目标的进展有限，一些有机农民回归传统生产或完全停止生产。虽然各种各样的研究已经解决了有机农业的盈利能力，但欧盟层面和农民退出决定的整体证据仍然缺乏。我们使用覆盖71%欧盟市场的大型数据集来分析奶农决定有机生产与其盈利能力之间的关系。此外，我们还调查了这些农民退出有机生产的决策。我们的研究结果显示，有机农场的平均盈利能力更高。然而，在转型后的几年里，退出有机市场的概率持续增加，在第八年达到顶峰，这反映了转型过程中的困难。随后，退出的可能性降低，因为农场似乎已经熟悉了有机生产方法，并将自己定位在这个领域。最后，有机牛奶盈利能力和价格溢价的下行波动与较高的退出概率有关。结果表明，政策制定者应针对转型后的早期阶段，提供风险管理工具来支持有机生产的政策目标。

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Patterns in sustainable food choices and policy support: Novel evidence from nine countries 可持续粮食选择和政策支持模式：来自九个国家的新证据

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103047

Céline Giner , Céline Nauges , Katherine Hassett

This analysis uses OECD survey data from over 8,000 households in nine countries. The paper analyses household profiles via latent class analysis on the basis of both diet composition, as well as purchasing habits for products that are generally perceived to be socially responsible. Results reveal four main household profiles that are distinguished by different broad patterns in these two behaviours. Household profiles are found to differ in terms of their sociodemographic characteristics and attitudes towards the environment, as well as with respect to their level of support for various food policies. Interestingly, results regarding the relationship between environmental attitudes and red meat consumption may suggest the existence of another “meat paradox” in the sense that one group of respondents reports high levels of environmental concern but also a high frequency of meat consumption.

该分析使用了经合组织对9个国家8000多个家庭的调查数据。本文通过潜在类别分析分析了家庭概况，该分析基于饮食构成以及通常被认为对社会负责的产品的购买习惯。结果揭示了四种主要的家庭概况，它们在这两种行为中有不同的广泛模式。发现家庭概况在社会人口特征和对环境的态度以及对各种粮食政策的支持程度方面有所不同。有趣的是，关于环境态度和红肉消费之间关系的结果可能表明存在另一个“肉类悖论”，即一组受访者报告高度关注环境问题，但也报告高频率的肉类消费。

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Stocks and shocks: Assessing the relative roles of public and private inventories in buffering rice price volatility in the Philippines 库存与冲击：评估菲律宾公共和私人库存在缓冲大米价格波动方面的相对作用

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103052

Bernhard Dalheimer , Kenneth Foster , Gerald Shively , Valerien O. Pede , Dela-Dem Doe Fiankor , Jacob Ricker-Gilbert , Prathiba Bist

Public stockholding of food is politically contentious and economically challenging. Although private stocks are generally understood to be more efficient than public stocks at providing a reliable buffer against production shortfalls, private stocks often fail to stabilize prices during extreme food market shocks. Moreover, maintaining large public stock programs in which the government acts as the buyer or seller of last resort, can be very costly. This paper analyzes the recent historical success of public and private rice stocks in stabilizing domestic rice prices in the Philippines, the world’s largest net importer of rice. Relying on competitive storage theory and disaggregated rice stock data, we identify statistically independent global demand, global supply, domestic production and domestic demand shocks using Independent Component Analysis (ICA) in a Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) framework. We use monthly retail price data for 2000 to 2024 which allows us to leverage an exogeneous policy shift in stock policy. Using impulse response functions, counterfactual paths and historical decompositions we find that inventories have successfully buffered shocks, yet their relative efficacy has depended upon holder and size. Commercial stocks smooth routine volatility, while modest, rule-based public reserves are indispensable during large food market crises and when domestic production shortfalls coincide with international price hikes. We suggest that a hybrid strategy which combines private working stocks with a modest public reserve program, and which is flexible in terms of budget and procurement regulation, can be a cost-effective tool to dampen food-price volatility.

公共粮食储备在政治上有争议，在经济上也具有挑战性。虽然一般认为私人库存在提供可靠的缓冲以应付生产短缺方面比公共库存更有效，但在粮食市场遭受极端冲击时，私人库存往往无法稳定价格。此外，维持由政府充当最后买方或卖方的大型公共股票计划可能代价高昂。本文分析了最近公共和私人大米库存在稳定菲律宾国内大米价格方面取得的历史性成功，菲律宾是世界上最大的大米净进口国。基于竞争储存理论和分类大米库存数据，本文采用结构向量自回归（SVAR）框架中的独立成分分析（ICA）方法，确定了统计上独立的全球需求、全球供应、国内生产和国内需求冲击。我们使用2000年至2024年的月度零售价格数据，这使我们能够利用库存政策的外部政策转变。使用脉冲响应函数、反事实路径和历史分解，我们发现库存成功地缓冲了冲击，但它们的相对功效取决于持有者和规模。商业储备可以缓解日常波动，而适度的、基于规则的公共储备在大规模粮食市场危机期间以及国内生产短缺与国际价格上涨同时发生时是不可或缺的。我们建议，将私人工作库存与适度的公共储备计划结合起来，并在预算和采购监管方面具有灵活性的混合战略，可以成为抑制粮食价格波动的一种具有成本效益的工具。

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Decision support system using rough DEMATEL for evaluating blockchain adoption in food bank supply chain 决策支持系统使用粗糙DEMATEL来评估食品银行供应链中区块链的采用

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103050

Sara Damavandi , Laura Berardi , Sina Abbasi

Food banks (FBs) play a vital role in food security by recovering surplus food and redistributing it to people who lack reliable access to sufficient nutrition. However, FBs face persistent operational challenges, particularly in balancing supply and demand. This study presents a novel approach to examining blockchain technology (BT) adoption within the food bank supply chain (FBSC) to boost food donation efficiency, enabling real-time inventory tracking, reliability, and strengthening compliance with food safety regulations. We identified the key barriers, categorized them into external and internal dimensions, and analyzed them using a pairwise comparison survey based on insights from academics and experts (N = 21) within the food bank network (FBN). The decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) methodology was used to model and quantify the causal relationships among these barriers. To address subjectivity and ambiguity in expert opinions during group decision-making, rough theory was integrated with DEMATEL, providing a reliable approach to managing conflicting perspectives and uncertainty. Results indicate that the lack of access to technology is the most significant barrier hindering the implementation and growth of blockchain adoption in FBSC. Also, the lack of regulation and legislation related to donated food was assigned the minimum normalized weight, indicating it has the least influence on the system. Further, a lack of government support for implementing BT represents another critical barrier, reflecting the early stage of BT development. The study offers valuable insights to support FBs and policymakers in developing long-term sustainability strategies.

粮食银行通过回收剩余粮食并将其重新分配给缺乏可靠营养来源的人，在粮食安全方面发挥着至关重要的作用。然而，FBs面临着持续的运营挑战，特别是在平衡供需方面。本研究提出了一种新的方法来检查食品银行供应链（FBSC）中区块链技术（BT）的采用，以提高食品捐赠效率，实现实时库存跟踪，可靠性，并加强对食品安全法规的遵守。我们确定了主要障碍，将其分为外部和内部维度，并根据食品银行网络（FBN）内学者和专家（N = 21）的见解，使用两两比较调查对其进行了分析。采用决策试验和评估实验室（DEMATEL）方法对这些障碍之间的因果关系进行建模和量化。为了解决群体决策过程中专家意见的主观性和模糊性，粗糙理论与DEMATEL相结合，提供了一种可靠的方法来管理冲突的观点和不确定性。结果表明，缺乏技术获取途径是FBSC中区块链应用实施和增长的最大障碍。此外，缺乏与捐赠食品相关的监管和立法被赋予最小的标准化权重，表明它对系统的影响最小。此外，缺乏政府对实施BT的支持是另一个关键障碍，反映了BT发展的早期阶段。该研究为FBs和政策制定者制定长期可持续发展战略提供了宝贵的见解。

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Refining pesticide use to reduce yield loss: How drone plant protection transforms smallholder pest management 改进农药使用以减少产量损失：无人机植保如何改变小农病虫害管理

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103035

Hangyu Zhang , Yujing Song , Yue Wang , Jikun Huang

Digital technologies hold potential to transform smallholder agriculture, but their impacts on production are not yet well understood. Using original survey data from Chinese maize farmers, we examine the adoption and impacts of Drone Plant Protection (DPP), a rapidly emerging agricultural technology. We find that adoption is associated with both economic and health considerations: DPP is linked to substantially lower operational costs (-29%) and pesticide exposure time (-90%), and suggests a lower incidence of self-reported pesticide-related health symptoms (-83%). Regarding impacts, a two-way fixed-effects model reveals that DPP users’ pesticide application frequency is 33% higher, primarily during post-tasseling stages. Estimating a damage control production function, we show that these behavioral adjustments are associated with a reduction in yield loss by 4.6% and align with farmer profit maximization. However, despite drones’ precision capabilities, per-round pesticide expenditure remains unchanged. Our findings demonstrate digital technologies’ potential to enhance yield at lower health risk while highlighting the need for policy interventions addressing institutional and technological barriers to unlock their environmental benefits.

数字技术具有改变小农农业的潜力，但其对生产的影响尚未得到充分了解。利用来自中国玉米农户的原始调查数据，我们研究了无人机植保（DPP）这一迅速兴起的农业技术的采用及其影响。我们发现，采用DPP与经济和健康考虑都有关：DPP与大幅降低的运营成本（-29%）和农药暴露时间（-90%）有关，并表明自我报告的农药相关健康症状发生率较低（-83%）。在影响方面，双向固定效应模型显示，DPP使用者的农药使用频率高出33%，主要是在抽雄后阶段。通过估算损害控制生产函数，我们发现这些行为调整与产量损失减少4.6%相关，并与农民利润最大化相一致。然而，尽管无人机具有精确的能力，但每轮农药支出保持不变。我们的研究结果表明，数字技术有可能在降低健康风险的情况下提高产量，同时强调需要采取政策干预措施，解决体制和技术障碍，以释放其环境效益。

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