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Data Sheet 1_Does hands-on trial experience weaken the negative association between yield-security FoMO and digital nutrient-management technology adoption? Evidence from China.docx Xia Li (14984) Ahmad Hanis Izani Abdul Hadi (25069987) Yeong Sheng Tey (7003925) Shaufique Fahmi Ahmad Sidique (25069990) Nolila Mohd Nawi (23994267) Food Packaging, Preservation and Safety digital agriculture digital nutrient-management technologies hands-on trial experience perennial cropping systems smallholder farmers yield-security fear of missing out (FoMO) <p>Excessive fertilizer use remains a major challenge for environmentally sustainable agricultural development in China, particularly in smallholder-based perennial production systems characterized by delayed feedback and production uncertainty. Although portable digital nutrient decision-support technologies may help improve fertilizer-use efficiency, their adoption among farmers remains uneven. Drawing on survey data from 675 kiwifruit farmers in Shaanxi Province, this study applies a multivariate probit model to examine the associations of cognitive evaluations, yield-security fear of missing out (FoMO), and hands-on trial experience with farmers’ adoption of soil testers, chlorophyll meters, and agro-advisory mobile applications. The results show that perceived ease of use and perceived relative advantage are positively associated with adoption, whereas yield-security FoMO is negatively associated with all three adoption outcomes in the baseline models. However, when the item most directly related to individual production-risk concerns is excluded, the negative association remains significant for soil testers and chlorophyll meters but becomes insignificant for agro-advisory mobile applications. Hands-on trial experience was positively associated with the adoption of soil testers and chlorophyll meters, but its association with agro-advisory mobile application adoption was not statistically significant. It was also associated with a weaker negative FoMO–adoption relationship for soil testers and chlorophyll meters, but no statistically significant moderating relationship was observed for agro-advisory mobile applications. These findings highlight the potentially important, but technology-specific, role of structured experiential learning in addressing behavioral barriers and supporting digital nutrient-management transitions in perennial smallholder agriculture.</p> 2026-09-18T05:27:06Z Dataset Dataset 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1898755.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_1_Does_hands-on_trial_experience_weaken_the_negative_association_between_yield-security_FoMO_and_digital_nutrient-management_technology_adoption_Evidence_from_China_docx/33920272 CC BY 4.0