Farmersparticipation in agro-ecological transformation:expected benefits or policy incentives?

Authors Yang Yuping; Zhu Lizhi; Sun Weilin

Journal China Population Resources and Environment , 2019,8:29

Abstract As the basic main body of agricultural production and management,farmersparticipation in agro-ecological transformation is the key to Chinas agricultural transformation.Expected benefits and policy incentives are important factors that affect farmers participation in agro-ecological transformation,and they are worth of study.Based on survey data of 507 farmers in two counties of Shandong Province,this paper analyzed the influencing factors of farmersparticipation in agro-ecological transformation,and used the ISM model to determine the intrinsic relationship and hierarchical structure of each influencing factor.The study found that:firstly,the expected cost of environmentally-friendly technology and the expected cost of waste recycling had a hindrance to farmersagroecological transformation participation behavior,and the expected income expectation had a positive effect on farmersagro-ecological transformation participation willingness.Secondly,government supervision and policy subsidies in policy incentives had obvious guiding effects on farmersagro-ecological transformation participation behavior.Thirdly,the expected benefit factors such as environmental technology cost expectations,waste recycling cost expectations,etc.were surface direct factors;policy incentives such as government regulation and policy subsidies were deep-rooted factors.Therefore,it is necessary to promote the formation of a market mechanism for high-quality and high-quality agricultural products and provide a model for agro-ecological transformation.We should promote green,high-quality,branded construction of protected vegetable production,strengthen the identification of green vegetables produced in an environmentally friendly manner,pay attention to the construction of green vegetable demonstration bases,explore the agro-ecological transformation model that can be replicated and promoted,and enhance farmersconfidence in further participating in agricultural ecological transformation.At the same time,policy constraints and policy incentives are combined to implement agricultural ecological transformation policy incentives.The use of big data science to formulate agricultural policies must strictly prohibit agricultural production methods that pollute the environment and affect quality and safety of agricultural products,and adopt economic punishment measures.Environmentally-friendly ecological agriculture production methods should be encouraged and used,appropriate subsidies should be given to ecological recycling agricultural production,and policy implementation and public opinion supervision should be strengthened.