Research Of Key Factors At Agricultural Water-saving Technology Popularization In China

Agricultural water-saving technology is an important means to increase grain production and maintain agricultural sustainable development. In the world,25%of the increasing grain production attributes to expansion of cultivated area, while75%dues to improving yield per unit area. Although the enhancement of yield per unit area is the result of comprehensive measures, irrigation is one of the important measures. With the increasing scarcity of global water resources, water shortage has become one of the important factors restricting the development of our irrigated agriculture, and we must promote water-saving irrigation technology to develop the irrigation area further. Therefore, the study of agricultural water-saving technology popularization factors, especially the study of key factors, is necessary for promoting the popularization of agricultural water saving irrigation area.This article studied the key factors of popularizing agricultural water-saving techniques from the perspective of theory and practice. This article was divided into five parts:the first part was the introduction, clearing the research background, purpose, meaning, present situation of domestic and foreign research, and main contents and methods, which was a general introduction to the whole paper, The second part was the introduction to the theory, elaborating the related concepts of the agricultural water-saving technology, popularization of agricultural water-saving technology and influencing factors of popularization of agricultural water-saving technology, and the theories of household behavior, public goods and sustainable development, which provided theoretical preparations for the following. The third part analyzed the popularization of agricultural water-saving technology at home and abroad, described the present situation and trends of a representative foreign nation and our country’s situation, identified issues from interior and exterior, and cleared development trends, and then extracted four key factors-water resources%investment%farmer participation and incentive, to promote the agricultural water-saving technologies popularization. The fourth part analyzed the key factors of operating mechanism of popularization of agricultural water-saving technology, which is the key part of the paper. In the research of water resources, this paper analyzed the overall supply and demand of water resources and the impact on agricultural irrigation, analyzed the pressure index of water resources’utilization at agricultural irrigation from2001to2009quantitatively, and then founded the average closing to1, some years more than1and the pressure gradually increasing. By discussing measures of placement of well, collection of rain and definition of water rights in some samples, it was pointed out that how to relieve the pressure of irrigation water. In the investment research, this paper created17tables, of which14tables’ data were obtained through field investigation, and these tables covered four aspects including natural geographical situation, general economic conditions, conditions of water conservancy construction and agricultural water-saving irrigation investment situation, involving water supply, agriculture committee, fiscal, financial and other relevant departments, while the other tables were obtained from the yearbooks and other literature. This paper comparatively analyzed the situation of the fiscal, credit and self-financing water investments between the example County and the whole nation, and summarized the successful experience from pilot T County. In the farmers’ participating research, a questionnaire was designed about farmers’participation in water-saving irrigation,26variables were analyzed quantitatively with Logistic model, and the degree of influence of each factor was calculated. In the incentives research, through economic analysis of incentives, with the game theory as the theoretical guidance, the paper put forward the theory of government’s joint incentive to farmers and water-saving equipment manufacturers, which was proved by the case of the pilot T County. Based on the independent analysis of four key factors, the paper made overall evaluation, made evaluation of16secondary effecting factors Indexes through conducting AHP model, and drew indication of every factor index influencing of agricultural water-saving technology popularization in China. The part V, on the basis of the above, Basing on the perspective of the key factors, we proposed16recommendations promoting of agricultural water-saving technology popularization and drew eight aspects conclusion.The paper, in the process of writing, mainly adopted the following methods:1) Literature induction. After determining the topic, searching extensive literature, classifying and summarizing the previous research results, such as the agricultural water-saving technology and influencing factors of agricultural water-saving technology popularization, Through the induction of literature, the paper made clear direction of further research, details, and formed the preliminary survey scheme and questionnaire.2) Qualitative analysis. After discussing the impacting factors of popularization of agricultural water-saving technology, the paper made a more comprehensive qualitative analysis of key elements such as the water resources, investment, farmer participation and incentives.3) Quantitative analysis. In agricultural irrigation water supply and demand research, the paper made quantitative analysis for sustainable development of agricultural irrigation water by using water stress index; on the foundation of lots of research, the paper made Logistic model on the factors affecting farmers’participation in water-saving irrigation; on influencing factors of operation mechanism of popularization of agricultural water-saving technology, the paper made quantitative analysis by using AHP, etc.4) Example analysis. In the study, the paper used specific examples, such as Heilongjiang T County as a case to discuss the influence of investments in water-saving irrigation, farmers’specific participation pattern and joint incentive in T County in relevant chapters.5) Specification analysis. After the analysis of the key factors of water resources, investment, farmers’participation,incentive, according to the different influences sort of the key factors at agricultural water-saving technology popularization in China, the paper constructed workable and more scientific norms recommendations.In the course of the research, the paper had innovation not only in topic selection, but also in the following five aspects:1) The paper built a theoretical framework of the key factors at agricultural water-saving technologies popularization, and defined water resources, investment, farmers’participation and incentive are its four key influencing factors in China.2) The paper calculated a sharp increasing trend of water stress at agricultural water-saving irrigation in China, using of resources pressure index and combining the actual situation of water resources to be corrected.3) By comparative analysis of the finance and credit investment,especially in credit investment of agricultural water-saving technology popularization with example in Chinas, it was pointed out that support of the credit to water-saving irrigation was very little in general, because the average total loans in credit was23.26788trillion Yuan, while the average annual amount of loans for the construction of water was9.156billion Yuan in the same period. The proportion of loans for water conservancy construction was close to zero, according to the present situation, it should be at least5%, or not which was not conducive to popularization of water-saving irrigation techniques, and the pilot T County proved the actual situation.4) According to the survey,the paper pointed out the significant factors,general factors and not significant factors influencing farmers to participate in water-saving irrigation by qualitative and quantitative analysis to Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Shanxi.5) The paper advanced the joint incentive theory of farmers and agricultural water-saving equipment manufacturers, namely, the incentive of combination of farmers and agricultural water-saving equipment manufacturers, which could break through the limitations of a single excitation, which was proved by pilot T County.The research could reach the following significance in theory and practice:1) Theoretical significance. In theory, the popularization of agricultural water-saving technology would be influenced by water resources, farmers, government, water-saving technology providing bodies, financial institutions, incentives and other factors. By the studying for key factors of water-saving agricultural technology popularization in China, we can achieve the following theoretical significance:(1) To construct the theoretical framework of studying the key factors impacting agricultural water-saving technology popularization.(2) To estimate the agricultural irrigation water pressure of China using the resource pressure index and put forward the theory of the combination incentives for farmers and water equipment manufacturers.(3) To sort specific indicators of the key factors using the AHP theory.2) Practical significance. Since1949, we has made some achievements at water-saving agricultural technology popularization after the decades development, the country’s water conservancy facilities has been improved steadily,water-saving technologies increasingly riched and the popularization area has been increasing year by year. However, duing to various factors, there are a lot of problems on the quantity and quality of the area of water-saving agricultural technology popularization, by the studying for key factors of water-saving agricultural technology popularization in China, we can achieve the following practical significance:(1)The studying is conducive to the agricultural irrigation water protecting use and development and can promote the sustainable use of agricultural irrigation water.(2) The studying is conducive to intensificating the marketing efforts of financial, credit and other funding sources to support the agricultural water-saving technologies.(3)The studying is conducive to promoting the farmer participation in agricultural water-saving technology and effectively increasing the water-saving irrigation area, and increasing agricultural production.(4)The studying is conducive to improving the policies and regulations to promote water-saving agricultural technology promotion in China.