In order to explore the influence and mechanism of digital skills on farmers’ e-commerce participation behavior, based on the data of the 2020 China Rural Revitalization Comprehensive Survey (CRRS) and the feasible information capability theory of ‘Means-Freedom-Achievement’, the theoretical framework of ‘Digital skills-Information acquisition-E-commerce participation’ was constructed. The binary Probit, Tobit and intermediary effect analysis methods were adopted to empirically test the impact of digital skills on the decision-making and degree of farmers’ e-commerce participation from the perspective of information acquisition mediation. Robustness test and heterogeneity analysis were conducted. The results showed that: 1) Digital skills had a significant positive impact on farmers’ e-commerce participation in decision-making and degree; 2) There were some intermediary effects in the impact of digital skills on farmers’ e-commerce participation decision-making and degree, and the proportions of intermediary effects to the total effect were 11.76% and 11.73%, respectively; 3) Digital skills displayed more significant positive effects on farmers with higher income level and higher education level, and the positive effects on e-commerce participation in decision-making and the degree of participation were more significant. In conclusion, the government should increase the participation rate and degree of farmers’ e-commerce in three aspects as follows: Effectively improving the level of farmers’ digital skills, steadily realizing freedom of information access, and strengthening attention to the internal segmentation of farmers.
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