Institute of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6127-4924 [C.W.]).
Department of Forest Resource, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA.
J Food Prot. 2020 May 1;83(5):736-744. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-19-214.
Over the past two decades, the issues of quality and safety of agricultural products have attracted widespread attention in the People's Republic of China. The purpose of this study was to understand factors that influence farmers' willingness to participate in agricultural product safety cogovernance and self-governance based on a survey of farmers in Jiangsu Province, China. The results show that farmers' willingness to participate in the cogovernance and self-governance of agricultural product safety must be further improved. Among the sampled farmers, 28.93% consider that other farmers' improper agricultural product safety practices have nothing to do with them, and 17.25% claim that they would not want to take part in agricultural product safety trainings. Farmers with a weak appreciation for agricultural product safety hazards, a lack of food safety knowledge, and improper agricultural product safety practices are less willing to participate in cogovernance and self-governance of agricultural product safety. Female farmers are more willing to engage in agricultural product safety training than male farmers; however, their willingness to participate in agricultural product safety cogovernance is lower. The results of this study will be useful in improving food safety policy in China.
在过去的二十年中，农产品的质量和安全问题在中国引起了广泛关注。本研究旨在通过对江苏省农民的调查，了解影响农民参与农产品安全共同治理和自我治理意愿的因素。结果表明，农民参与农产品安全共同治理和自我治理的意愿有待进一步提高。在抽样农民中，28.93%的人认为其他农民不当的农产品安全行为与他们无关，17.25%的人表示他们不愿意参加农产品安全培训。对农产品安全危害认识不足、食品安全知识缺乏、不当农产品安全行为的农民，参与农产品安全共同治理和自我治理的意愿较低。女性农民比男性农民更愿意参加农产品安全培训，但参与农产品安全共同治理的意愿较低。本研究结果将有助于改善中国的食品安全政策。
