Department of Economics & Management, College of Economics & Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
The Sixth Industry Research Institute, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 16;18(14):7571. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147571.
Ever-increasing global environmental issues, land degradation, and groundwater contamination may significantly impact the agricultural sector of any country. The situation worsens while the global agricultural sectors are going through the unsustainable intensification of agricultural production powered by chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This trend leads the sector to exercise environmentally friendly technology (EFT). Capital endowment and ecological cognition may significantly impact fostering farmers' adoption of environmentally friendly technology. The government also tends to change the existing policies to cope with ever-increasing challenges like pollution control, maintaining ecological balance, and supporting agricultural sectors substantially by employing ecological compensation policy. The study's main objective is to explore the impacts of farmer's ecological compensation, capital endowment, and ecological cognition for the adoption of EFT. The empirical setup of the study quantifies with survey data of 471 apple farmers from nine counties of Shandong province. The study used Heckman's two-stage model to craft the findings. The results showed that 52.02% of fruit farmers adopted two environmentally friendly technologies, and 23.99% of fruit farmers adopted three forms of environmentally friendly technologies. At the same time, we have traced that the capital endowment, planting scale, family income, and technical specialization of fruit farmers significantly impact adopting EFT. The study also revealed that understanding ecological compensation policy has a significant positive effect on adopting environmentally friendly technology. Seemingly, ecological compensation policy has a specific regulatory effect on fruit farmers' capital endowment and ecological cognition. Therefore, it is necessary to extend the demonstration facilities, training, and frequently arrange awareness-building campaigns regarding rural non-point source pollution hazards and improve the cognition level of farmers. The agriculture extension department should strengthen the agricultural value chain facilities to make farmers fully realize the importance of EFT. Government should promote and extend the supports for availing new and innovative EFT at a reasonable price. Moreover, cooperative, financial, and credit organizations need to lead for the smooth transition of EFT. The agricultural cooperatives and formal risk-taking networks should act responsibly for shaping the behavioral factors of farmers.
日益严重的全球环境问题、土地退化和地下水污染可能会对任何国家的农业部门产生重大影响。在全球农业部门正在经历由化肥和农药推动的不可持续的农业生产集约化的情况下，情况变得更加恶化。这种趋势促使该部门采用环保技术（EFT）。资本禀赋和生态认知可能会对促进农民采用环保技术产生重大影响。政府也倾向于通过采用生态补偿政策来改变现有政策，以应对污染控制、维护生态平衡和大力支持农业部门等日益增加的挑战。本研究的主要目的是探讨农民的生态补偿、资本禀赋和生态认知对采用 EFT 的影响。研究的实证设置量化了来自山东省九个县的 471 名苹果种植户的调查数据。研究使用 Heckman 的两阶段模型得出了研究结果。结果表明，52.02%的果农采用了两种环保技术，23.99%的果农采用了三种形式的环保技术。同时，我们发现果农的资本禀赋、种植规模、家庭收入和技术专业化程度对采用 EFT 有显著影响。研究还表明，对生态补偿政策的理解对采用环保技术有显著的正向影响。似乎，生态补偿政策对果农的资本禀赋和生态认知有特定的调节作用。因此，有必要扩大示范设施、培训，并经常安排有关农村非点源污染危害的宣传活动，提高农民的认知水平。农业推广部门应加强农业价值链设施，使农民充分认识到 EFT 的重要性。政府应促进和扩大对合理价格获取新的和创新的 EFT 的支持。此外，合作、金融和信贷组织需要引领 EFT 的顺利过渡。农业合作社和正式的风险承担网络应负责任地塑造农民的行为因素。
