Ecological cognition, market regulation and farmers’ adoption behavior of green production technology: Analysis based on a survey data of main rice producing areas in Hubei Province
In order to clarify the mechanism of ecological cognition and market regulation on farmers’ adoption behavior of green production technology, based on a micro-survey data of 1 005 farming households in the main rice-producing areas of Hubei Province, this study used two-part model to empirically analyze the impact of ecological cognition and market regulation on farmers’ adoption behavior and adoption degree of green production technology. The results showed that: 1) Although the majority of the farmers have adopted green production technology, the degree of adoption still needs to be further improved. 2) Ecological cognition can significantly promote the adoption behavior and adoption degree of green production technology. 3) The incentive market regulation has a significant positive impact on farmers’ adoption behavior and adoption degree of green production technology, but the restrictive market regulation has no significant impact. 4)The incentive market regulation has a significant positive moderating effect on the relationship between farmers’ ecological cognition and green production technology adoption degree, while restraint market regulation has a significant positive moderating effect on the relationship between farmers’ ecological cognition and green production technology adoption behavior. Therefore, in the process of promoting the transformation and upgrading of agricultural production mode, we should not only improve farmers’ ecological cognition level, but also pay attention to the establishment and improvement of market regulation.
认知是行为的基础,是个体对所获信息的筛选、组织、加工及理解的过程[15]。计划行为理论(Theory of planned behavior,TPB)认为人的行为是经过深思熟虑计划的结果,行为认知将直接影响行为主体的行为意向和决策[21]。因此,研究农户采纳绿色生产技术的行为决策,应考虑生态认知的影响。正确的生态认知是农户形成绿色发展理念并实施绿色生产行为的基础和必要前提[12]。目前,学术界对生态认知的定义尚未统一,具体到农户的生产行为中,生态认知是指农户对保护生态环境的责任意识,对绿色生产价值和农产品质量安全的基本了解及重要性认知。农户作为理性经济人,在追求经济效益最大化的同时,也会考虑生态系统服务的功能和价值,生态理性同样是影响农户行为决策的重要因素[22]。因此,农户的绿色生产技术采纳行为可以通过其生态认知情况来解释和预测。一般而言,生态认知水平越高,代表农户越了解和重视绿色生产价值及其对农村生态环境的影响,从而更倾向于采纳多样的农业绿色生产技术。基于此,本研究提出如下假说:
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