College of Economics & Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China; Hubei Rural Development Research Center, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
College of Economics & Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China; Hubei Rural Development Research Center, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
Sci Total Environ. 2020 Nov 20;744:140616. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140616. Epub 2020 Jul 5.
The promotion and use of degradable agricultural mulch film are satisfactory means to realize the pollution control of agricultural mulch film. Today, when the cost of degradable agricultural mulch film is much higher than that of ordinary agricultural mulch film, appropriate policy tools must be identified. However, relevant research is relatively rare. This paper attempts to understand the acceptability of households of policy tools by investigating households' willingness to apply degradable agricultural mulch film to reduce agricultural mulch film pollution and their requirements for compensation proportion, to make this sector cleaner and pay more attention to the implementation of sustainability principles. The sample is five cities in Hubei province, China; the study is based on extended planned behavior (TPB) theory; and we use the double-hurdle model to analyze "whether to accept compensation" and "proportion of compensation" of households. The main results show that the more households know about policies, the higher the proportion of compensation required. However, households with high knowledge of ecological value are willing to adopt degradable agricultural mulch films even if the government provides less compensation. In addition, risk-biased households are willing to voluntarily bear more additional costs of degradable agricultural mulch films. The results obtained have multiple meanings. First, in today's rural areas of China, compared with the formal government regulations, informal regulations are the key factors to promote degradable agricultural mulch films application. Second, the enhancement of the understanding of the knowledge of ecological value can effectively improve households' consciousness of using degradable agricultural mulch film. Third, to realize the sustainability of policies, households' risk attitude must be strengthened.
推广和使用可降解农用薄膜是实现农膜污染控制的满意手段。如今，可降解农用薄膜的成本远高于普通农用薄膜，必须确定适当的政策工具。然而，相关研究相对较少。本文试图通过调查农户应用可降解农用薄膜减少农膜污染的意愿及其对补偿比例的要求，了解农户对政策工具的接受程度，使这一领域更加清洁，并更加关注可持续性原则的实施。样本是中国湖北省的五个城市;研究基于扩展计划行为（TPB）理论;我们使用双门槛模型来分析农户“是否接受补偿”和“补偿比例”。主要结果表明，农户对政策的了解程度越高，所需的补偿比例就越高。然而，对生态价值有较高了解的农户即使政府提供较少的补偿，也愿意采用可降解农用薄膜。此外，风险偏好型农户愿意自愿承担更多可降解农用薄膜的额外成本。研究结果具有多重意义。首先，在中国当前的农村地区，与正式的政府法规相比，非正式的法规是促进可降解农用薄膜应用的关键因素。其次，增强对生态价值知识的理解，可以有效提高农户使用可降解农用薄膜的意识。第三，为了实现政策的可持续性，必须加强农户的风险态度。
