Yu Liyan, Nilsson Jerker, Li Yongyan, Guo Minghao
College of Economics and Management, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Heliyon. 2023 Oct 10;9(10):e20819. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20819. eCollection 2023 Oct.
This study investigates the relationship between Chinese farmers' propensity to adopt environment-friendly practices and their membership in cooperatives. Based on data collected in 2021 from the Fujian China Household Survey, the Endogenous Switching Probit model (ESP) is applied to account for unobserved factors that could simultaneously affect farmers' cooperative membership and their willingness to adopt environment-friendly practices. First, the results indicate that a cooperative membership has a positive impact on the level of farmers' interest in green production practices. Second, there is evidence of some heterogeneity (based on both observable and unobservable characteristics) in the impact of cooperative membership; the higher the farmers' capital returns, the more prominent the role of cooperatives in guiding these farmers. Third, participation in cooperatives is conducive to raising farmers' interest in green production. The overall conclusion is that a cooperative membership raises the Chinese farmers' willingness to adopt environment-friendly practices.
本研究调查了中国农民采用环保做法的倾向与其合作社成员身份之间的关系。基于2021年从中国福建家庭调查中收集的数据，运用内生转换概率模型（ESP）来解释可能同时影响农民合作社成员身份及其采用环保做法意愿的未观察到的因素。首先，结果表明合作社成员身份对农民对绿色生产做法的兴趣水平有积极影响。其次，有证据表明合作社成员身份的影响存在一些异质性（基于可观察和不可观察的特征）；农民的资本回报率越高，合作社对这些农民的引导作用就越突出。第三，参与合作社有利于提高农民对绿色生产的兴趣。总体结论是，合作社成员身份提高了中国农民采用环保做法的意愿。
