Eco-compensation policy to promote households’ behavior for comprehensive utilization of crop straw: Do the positive effects last?

IF 3.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI:10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100505

Zhen Jiang , Weiming Li , Yahan Gao

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Abstract

The comprehensive utilization of crop straw is critical to green development of agriculture, as it mitigates open-field burning pollution while enhancing biomass energy production. Eco-compensation policy plays a crucial role in promoting straw utilization. However, is there a sustained pattern of comprehensive utilization of crop straw by households following the termination of the eco-compensation policy? In this paper, we used survey data from 688 peasant households in Hubei Province to explore the impact of eco-compensation on households’ continued behavior in comprehensive straw utilization. The propensity score matching method and the endogenous switching probit model were applied to evaluate households’ continued behavior in comprehensive straw utilization, addressing self-selection bias and endogenous problems. The results showed that participation in eco-compensation can increase the probability of households’ continued behavior in comprehensive straw utilization by 15.9 %∼23.0 %. Additionally, eco-compensation can influence households’ continued behavior through enhanced environmental awareness stemming from policy participation. Furthermore, a positive spillover effect in eco-compensation was identified. These findings have substantial implications for improving straw utilization policies in developing countries or regions.

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生态补偿政策促进农户秸秆综合利用行为：积极效应能否持续？

农作物秸秆的综合利用对农业的绿色发展至关重要，因为它可以减轻露天燃烧污染，同时提高生物质能源的产量。生态补偿政策对促进秸秆利用起着至关重要的作用。然而，在生态补偿政策终止后，农户是否存在持续的农作物秸秆综合利用模式？本文利用湖北省688户农户的调查数据，探讨生态补偿对农户秸秆综合利用持续行为的影响。采用倾向得分匹配法和内源性切换概率模型对农户秸秆综合利用的持续行为进行评价，解决农户秸秆综合利用的自我选择偏差和内源性问题。结果表明，参与生态补偿可使农户继续秸秆综合利用行为的概率提高15.9% ~ 23.0%。此外，生态补偿可以通过政策参与提高环境意识来影响家庭的持续行为。此外，还发现了生态补偿的正向溢出效应。这些发现对改善发展中国家或地区的秸秆利用政策具有重要意义。

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Sustainable Futures Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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9.30

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1.80%

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71 days

期刊介绍： Sustainable Futures: is a journal focused on the intersection of sustainability, environment and technology from various disciplines in social sciences, and their larger implications for corporation, government, education institutions, regions and society both at present and in the future. It provides an advanced platform for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development in society, economics, environment, and culture. The scope of the journal is broad and encourages interdisciplinary research, as well as welcoming theoretical and practical research from all methodological approaches.