Liu Ting, Du Linwei, Hou Jiaona, Zeng Xiancheng, Zhang Wenyan, Xu He
School of Geographic Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030031, PR China.
School of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.
J Environ Manage. 2025 Sep 19;394:127219. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127219.
The Cultivated Land Fertility Protection Subsidy (CLFPS) policy, introduced in China in 2015, has a clear goal of agro-eco-environmental protection (AEEP). It is one of the symbolic policies by which traditional agricultural policies are adapted towards an environment-friendly orientation. Since it is an inclusive policy that provides subsidies directly to farmers, the effect of the CLFPS policy on AEEP depends on the level of farmers' behavioral response to AEEP under the policy. However, in addition to external factors such as policy, internal factors such as attitude are crucial for farmers' AEEP behavior. Based on this, this study innovatively introduces the key variable of policy satisfaction (PS) into the classical theory of planned behavior (TPB), and constructs an extended TPB theoretical framework. This effectively makes up for the lack of traditional TPB in the measurement dimension of policy factors, and provides a new analytical perspective and research path for the study of policy impact mechanisms at the micro level. Based on the extended TPB, this study analyzes the influences of CLFPS policy on farmers' AEEP behavior and its influence path. Then, this study explores the main factors influencing farmers' AEEP behavioral response under the combined effect of external factors (PS) and internal factors. This study found that PS significantly indirectly influences farmers' AEEP behavior. The influence path is "PS → attitude → behavioral intention (BI) → behavior" and "PS → BI → behavior." Second, perceptual behavioral control is the most critical factor influencing farmers' AEEP behavior, followed by BI. Combined with the "positive attitude, strong intention, negative behavior" state of farmers in the AEEP, this study believes practical issues such as costs, income, and AEEP-related technology that farmers face are vital to limiting their AEEP behavior. In the future, the government should improve the AEEP effectiveness of the CLFPS policy from the perspective of policy optimization and guarantee.
中国于2015年推出的耕地地力保护补贴（CLFPS）政策，具有明确的农业生态环境保护（AEEP）目标。它是传统农业政策向环境友好型方向转变的标志性政策之一。由于该政策是一项直接向农民提供补贴的普惠性政策，CLFPS政策对AEEP的影响取决于政策下农民对AEEP的行为响应程度。然而，除了政策等外部因素外，态度等内部因素对农民的AEEP行为也至关重要。基于此，本研究创新性地将政策满意度（PS）这一关键变量引入经典的计划行为理论（TPB），构建了一个扩展的TPB理论框架。这有效地弥补了传统TPB在政策因素测量维度上的不足，为微观层面的政策影响机制研究提供了新的分析视角和研究路径。基于扩展后的TPB，本研究分析了CLFPS政策对农民AEEP行为的影响及其影响路径。然后，本研究探讨了在外部因素（PS）和内部因素共同作用下影响农民AEEP行为响应的主要因素。研究发现，PS对农民的AEEP行为有显著的间接影响。影响路径为“PS→态度→行为意向（BI）→行为”和“PS→BI→行为”。其次，感知行为控制是影响农民AEEP行为的最关键因素，其次是BI。结合农民在AEEP中“态度积极、意向强烈、行为消极”的状态，本研究认为农民面临的成本、收入和与AEEP相关技术等实际问题对限制其AEEP行为至关重要。未来，政府应从政策优化和保障的角度提高CLFPS政策的AEEP有效性。
