Exploring the role of environmental literacy and social norms in farmers' LMTT adoption: evidence from China

IF 3.5 3区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management Pub Date : 2022-06-17 DOI:10.1108/ijccsm-12-2021-0138

Songqing Li, Xuexi Huo, Ruishi Si, Xueqian Zhang, Yumeng Yao, L. Dong

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Purpose Climatic changes caused by greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions are an urgent challenge for all regions around the globe while the livestock sector is an important source of GHGs emissions. The adoption of low-carbon manure treatment technology (LMTT) by farmers is emerging as an effective remedy to neutralize the carbon emissions of livestock. This paper aims to incorporate environmental literacy and social norms into the analysis framework, with the aim of exploring the impact of environmental literacy and social norms on farmers' adoption of LMTT and finally reduce GHGs emission and climate effects. Design/methodology/approach This research survey is conducted in Hebei, Henan and Hubei provinces of China. First, this research measures environmental literacy from environmental cognition, skill and responsibility and describes social norms from descriptive and imperative social norms. Second, this paper explores the influence of environmental literacy and social norms on the adoption of LMTT by farmers using the logit model. Third, Logit model's instrumental approach, i.e. IV-Logit, is applied to address the simultaneous biases between environmental skill and farmers’ LMTT adoption. Finally, the research used a moderating model to analyze feasible paths of environmental literacy and social norms that impact the adoption of LMTT by farmers. Findings The results showed that environmental literacy and social norms significantly and positively affect the adoption of LMTT by farmers. In particular, the effects of environmental literacy on the adoption of LMTT by farmers are mainly contributed by environmental skill and responsibility. The enhancement of social norms on the adoption of LMTT by farmers is mainly due to the leading role of imperative social norms. Meanwhile, if the endogeneity caused by the reverse effect between environmental skill and farmers’ LMTT adoption is dealt with, the role of environmental skill will be weakened. Additionally, LMTT technologies consist of energy and resource technologies. Compared to energy technology, social norms have a more substantial moderating effect on environmental literacy, affecting the adoption of farmer resource technology. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, a novel attempt is made to examine the effects of environmental literacy and social norms on the adoption of LMTT by farmers, with the objective of identifying more effective factors to increase the intensity of LMTT adoption by farmers.

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探讨环境素养和社会规范在农民采用LMTT中的作用：来自中国的证据

目的温室气体排放引起的气候变化是全球所有地区面临的紧迫挑战，而畜牧业是温室气体排放的重要来源。农民采用低碳粪肥处理技术（LMTT）正在成为中和牲畜碳排放的有效补救措施。本文旨在将环境素养和社会规范纳入分析框架，以探讨环境素养和社交规范对农民采用LMTT的影响，最终减少温室气体排放和气候影响。设计/方法/方法本研究在中国河北、河南和湖北省进行。首先，本研究从环境认知、技能和责任三个方面来衡量环境素养，并从描述性和强制性社会规范来描述社会规范。其次，本文运用logit模型探讨了环境素养和社会规范对农民采用LMTT的影响。第三，Logit模型的工具方法，即IV-Logt，被应用于解决环境技能和农民采用LMTT之间的同时偏差。最后，本研究使用调节模型分析了影响农民采用LMTT的环境素养和社会规范的可行路径。结果表明，环境素养和社会规范对农民采用LMTT有显著的正向影响。特别是，环境知识对农民采用LMTT的影响主要来自环境技能和责任。农民采用LMTT的社会规范的增强主要是由于强制性社会规范的主导作用。同时，如果处理好环境技能与农民LMTT采用之间的反向效应引起的内生性，环境技能的作用就会减弱。此外，LMTT技术包括能源和资源技术。与能源技术相比，社会规范对环境素养的调节作用更大，影响农民资源技术的采用。独创性/价值据作者所知，我们试图研究环境素养和社会规范对农民采用LMTT的影响，目的是找出更有效的因素来增加农民采用LMTT。

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International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

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8.10

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8.30%

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15 weeks

期刊介绍： Effective from volume 10 (2018), International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management is an open access journal. In the history of science there have been only a few issues which have mobilized the attention of scientists and policy-makers alike as the issue of climate change currently does. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management is an international forum that addresses the need for disseminating scholarly research, projects and other initiatives aimed to facilitate a better understanding of the subject matter of climate change. The journal publishes papers dealing with policy-making on climate change, and methodological approaches to cope with the problems deriving from climate change. It disseminates experiences from projects and case studies where due consideration to environmental, economic, social and political aspects is given and especially the links and leverages that can be attained by this holistic approach. It regards climate change under the perspective of its wider implications: for economic growth, water and food security, and for people''s survival – especially those living in the poorest communities in developing countries.