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- Title
How does agricultural production trusteeship influence farmers' adoption of green technologies?
- Authors
GENG Ning; PAN Jiayan
- Abstract
The 'greening' of farmers' production behaviors is the key to the green transformation of agriculture, and it is of practical significance to explain and test the mechanisms and effects of agricultural production trusteeship on promoting farmers' adoption of green technologies. Using data from the China Land Economy Survey (CLES) on 1 268 farm households, this study investigated the impact of agricultural production trusteeship on farmers' adoption of green technologies from a factor allocation perspective by constructing a moderating effect model. Then, the study employed the propensity score matching (PSM) method to address the issues of self-selection and endogeneity of the sample, and to reveal the differences in the adoption of green technologies between farmers participating in agricultural production trusteeship services and those who were not. Finally, agricultural production trusteeship services were classified into labor-saving and technology-intensive services in accordance with the degree of farmers' dependence on agricultural factors, and subgroup regression was applied to test the heterogeneous effects of different types of trusteeship services on differentiated farmers. The results indicated that: 1 Agricultural production trusteeship promoted the adoption of green technologies by farmers and improved its effects as the level of participation in trusteeship increased. 2 Agricultural production trusteeship encouraged farmers to adopt green technologies, moderated by plot size, land fertility, and off-farm employment of laborers. 3 From the perspective of farm household differentiation, farm households could be divided into two types: production-type and subsistence-type. Production-type farm households aim to maximize yield mainly through agricultural income, while subsistence-type farm households aim to satisfy their daily needs mainly through part-time work. The results indicated that labor-saving trusteeship services significantly promoted the adoption of green technologies by subsistence-type farm households. On the other hand, technology-intensive trusteeship services promoted the adoption of green technologies by production-type farm households even more intensely. Therefore, the study suggests strong support for the development of agricultural production trusteeship and incentivizing trusteeship organizations to provide diversified services to farmers through policy support or subsidies. It also recommends effectively identifying the role of agricultural production factors among farmers and upgrading the service capacity of agricultural production trusteeship organizations to provide precise trusteeship services.
- Subjects
AGRICULTURAL technology; AGRICULTURAL productivity; SUSTAINABLE agriculture; PROPENSITY score matching; AGRICULTURAL development; PART-time employment
- Publication
China Population Resources & Environment, 2024, Vol 34, Issue 4, p210
- Publication type
Article