培训、补贴和宣传对心理因素与农民减少化肥施用意愿关系的调节作用：来自中国旱地农区的证据

IF 6.1 1区农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Agricultural Systems Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI:10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104257

Xinxing Wang, Xueyan Zhao

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摘要

化肥的过度使用严重影响生态环境，给粮食安全和农业可持续性带来巨大挑战。为了解决这一问题，世界各国政府都采取了激励措施，如技术培训、农业补贴和宣传指导。然而，这些措施在提高农民减少施肥意愿方面的有效性仍不确定。不同激励措施的调节效果是否因作物类型而异，需要进一步明确。目的采用个案研究的方法，评价激励措施对农民减少化肥使用意愿的调节作用。方法以黄土高原旱作农业区秦安县为研究对象。通过构建结构方程和层次回归模型对566份有效问卷进行分析。结果与结论研究结果表明：态度(p <；感知行为控制(p <；0.05)，道德规范(p <；0.05)是影响农民减肥意愿的关键心理因素。激励措施在调节农民减少化肥使用意愿方面发挥了重要作用。其中，技术培训正向调节道德规范与农民减肥意愿的关系（各单位增加33.2%），但对态度和减肥意愿的影响相反（各单位减少29.3%）。宣传正向调节道德规范与农民减少施肥意愿之间的关系（每个单位增加22.4%）。此外，粮食、水果和蔬菜种植对激励措施的调节作用存在差异，其中粮食种植的调节作用最为显著。研究结果将有助于决策者理解和制定完善的激励措施，以促进中国和全球从旱地农业向可持续农业的全面转型。

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The moderating effect of training, subsidies and propaganda on the relationship between psychological factors and farmers' willingness to reduce chemical fertilizer application: Evidence from dryland farming areas of China

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CONTEXT

Excessive use of chemical fertilizer severely impacts the ecological environment and presents considerable challenges to food security and agricultural sustainability. To address this issue, governments worldwide have implemented incentive measures, such as technical training, agricultural subsidies, and propaganda guidance. However, the effectiveness of these measures in enhancing farmers' willingness to reduce fertilizer application remains uncertain. Additional clarity is needed on whether the moderating effect of different incentive measures varies across crop types.

OBJECTIVE

Using a case-study approach, the moderating effect of incentive measures on farmers' willingness to reduce chemical fertilizer usage is evaluated.

METHODS

Qin'an County, located in the dryland farming region of the Loess Plateau, China, was selected as the case-study area. We analyzed 566 valid questionnaires by constructing structural equation and hierarchical regression models.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

The results show that attitude (p < 0.05), perceived behavior control (p < 0.05), and moral norm (p < 0.05) were the crucial psychological factors affecting farmers' willingness to reduce fertilizer application. Incentive measures played an important role in moderating farmers' willingness to reduce chemical fertilizer usage. Among these measures, technical training positively regulated the relationship between moral norm and farmers' willingness to reduce fertilizer usage (increased by 33.2 % for each unit), but had the opposite effect on attitude and the willingness to reduce fertilizer application (decreased by 29.3 % for each unit). Propaganda positively moderated the relationship between moral norm and farmers' willingness to reduce fertilizer application (increased by 22.4 % for each unit). In addition, the moderating effects of the incentive measures differed among grain, fruit, and vegetable cultivation, with the most strongly significant moderation impact observed on grain cultivation.

SIGNIFICANCE

The findings will assist policymakers to understand and develop improved incentive measures to promote a comprehensive transition from dryland agriculture to sustainable agriculture in China and globally.

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Agricultural Systems 农林科学-农业综合

CiteScore

13.30

自引率

7.60%

发文量

174

审稿时长

30 days

期刊介绍： Agricultural Systems is an international journal that deals with interactions - among the components of agricultural systems, among hierarchical levels of agricultural systems, between agricultural and other land use systems, and between agricultural systems and their natural, social and economic environments. The scope includes the development and application of systems analysis methodologies in the following areas: Systems approaches in the sustainable intensification of agriculture; pathways for sustainable intensification; crop-livestock integration; farm-level resource allocation; quantification of benefits and trade-offs at farm to landscape levels; integrative, participatory and dynamic modelling approaches for qualitative and quantitative assessments of agricultural systems and decision making; The interactions between agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes; the multiple services of agricultural systems; food security and the environment; Global change and adaptation science; transformational adaptations as driven by changes in climate, policy, values and attitudes influencing the design of farming systems; Development and application of farming systems design tools and methods for impact, scenario and case study analysis; managing the complexities of dynamic agricultural systems; innovation systems and multi stakeholder arrangements that support or promote change and (or) inform policy decisions.