In order to clarify the influence mechanism of village governance capacity on the adoption of fertilizer reduction technology by farmers, based on the research data of rice farmers in Hubei Province, the connotation of village governance capacity is defined in terms of policy interpretation capacity, organizational mobilization capacity and interest coordination capacity, and the impact and mechanism of village governance capacity on the adoption of fertilizer reduction technology by farmers are analyzed and tested. The results show that the enhancement of village governance capacity can promote the adoption of fertilizer reduction technology by farmers, but there is heterogeneity in the scale of cultivation and agricultural socialization services. The promotion effect was only significant for small-scale farmers or farmers with high participation in agricultural socialization services, but not for large-scale growers or farmers with low participation in agricultural socialization services. In terms of the mechanism of action, village governance promotes the adoption of fertilizer reduction technologies by farmers through policy interpretation capacity, organizational mobilization capacity and interest coordination capacity. The policy interpretation capacity can strengthen farmers’ awareness of arable land protection and thus positively incentivize the adoption of fertilizer reduction technologies. The organizational mobilization capacity can promote continuous cultivation and thus positively incentivize the adoption of fertilizer reduction technologies. The interest coordination capacity can enhance the stability of farmers’ arable land management and thus positively incentivize the adoption of fertilizer reduction technologies. Therefore, it is important to emphasize the crucial role of village-level organizations in the fertilizer reduction campaign, strengthen the leadership and organization of village-level organizations in promoting green production methods such as fertilizer reduction, and at the same time, enhance the stability of land cultivation and promote the concentration and contiguity of crop planting.
式(1)为基准模型,式(1)~(3)为中介效应模型。式中:Yi 表示第i个农户的化肥减量技术采纳,Govern i 表示第i个农户所在村的村级治理能力,Control i 表示第i个农户的控制变量,Mediation i 表示第i个农户的中介变量,Ai 表示第i个农户所处乡(镇)的虚拟变量,εi、μi、πi 表示随机扰动项。若α1、β1、γ2均显著,则表示存在中介效应。
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