Ziyuan Kexue (Aug 2024)
Enriching effects of agricultural green production technologies on farming households：From the perspective of farmers’ decision preference
Abstract
[Objective] Agricultural green production technology is a way to promote the effective connection between farmers and modern agriculture, but the effect of its application is affected by the time preference and risk preference of farmers. It is of great significance to explore the enriching effects of agricultural green production technologies on farming households based on the difference of farmers’ decision preferences. [Methods] Based on the data of China Land Economic Survey in 2020 and 2021, this study used multiple linear regression models and the regulatory effect model to analyze the enriching effects of green agricultural production technologies, and further investigated the moderating effect of farmers’ decision preferences. [Results] (1) Agricultural green production technology had a significant effect on enriching farming households, and its yield increasing effect on crops was more significant than its income increasing effect. (2) The decision-making preferences of farmers had a moderating effect, which was manifested as the lower the time preference and the higher the risk preference of farmers, the more obvious the enriching effects of agricultural green production technologies on farming households. (3) The enriching effects of agricultural green production technologies were heterogeneous. With regard to the supplier of agricultural green production technology, under the guidance of quasi-public welfare suppliers, the enriching effects were better than those of public welfare suppliers and business entities; Under the guidance of business entities, although agricultural green production technologies can increase crop yield, they cannot effectively increase farmers’ incomes. As far as the farmers are concerned, agricultural green production technologies had a strong marginal effect on promoting the increase in production and income of farmers with low levels of household specialization and fragmented planting. [Conclusion] The heterogeneity of decision-making preferences of farmers was the key factor that affected the enriching effects of agricultural green production technologies on farming households. Attention should also be paid to the differentiation of enriching effects among farmers with different land management scales and family management modes, in order to formulate and implement effective promotion plans for agricultural green production technology.
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