Strategies for FBMP adoption
One of the challenges for the widespread adoption of FBMPs is conveying the right messages at the right time to a wide range of agricultural producers under varied conditions. Adoption of FBMPs depends on many factors such as characteristics of the farms, its operators and their educational levels, the outputs, sales, and income as well as geographical location, accessibility to information and technologies. Another challenge is ensuring adequate scientific data available for the establishment of recommendations for FBMPs.
The fertilizer industry has made the initiative to promote the adoption of FBMPs especially in developing countries where they are currently weakest. It has taken steps to facilitate the development and use of site-specific and/or region-specific FBMPs. National and regional communications and extension entities such as government agricultural agencies, research institutes, and associations are vital instruments for the dissemination of FBMPs.
Read more from – “ Fertilizer Best Management Practices: General Principles, Strategy for their Adoption and Voluntary Initiatives vs Regulations, ” more specifically from the papers as follows:
- F.G. Palis, R.J. Buresh, G.R. Singleton and R.J. Flor, Adoption of fertilizer best management practices: the need for a sociological approach
- K. Soitong, Changing farmers’ behavior in developing countries for a wider adoption of fertilizer best management practices – experience in Thailand
- B.B. Singh Farmers’ behavior and codes of fertiliser best management practices in India – viewpoint of Tata Chemicals Ltd
- H. Magen, P. Imas and S.K. Bansal Preliminary synthesis of farmers’ attitudes and preferences towards nutrient application in China and India