Benefit expectations and farmers'soil conservation behavior:Moderating effect based on soil quality appraisal institutions
Soil conservation is indispensable for achieving sustainable agricultural development.Based on a survey data of 400 rice farmers in Jiangsu Province,this paper applied the Probit model to explore the incentive effects of transaction benefit expectations on contractors'soil conservation behavior in the context of rapid urbanization and the willingness of small farms to sustain their business in the long term.Additionally,the paper examined the moderating effects of soil quality appraisal institutions and soil technology training.Results show that:1)Most contractors believe that soil quality is difficult to be reflected in the future rent of transferred land,and farmers'expectations of realizing gains in soil quality positively affect soil conservation investment in the current period;2)Anticipated soil quality benefits are positively associated with current investments in soil conservation;3)The incentive effect of transaction benefit expectation remains valid across different categories of soil conservation technologies,segmented by technical complexity;and 4)The incentive effect of trading gain expectations is stronger in the presence of a soil quality appraisal agency,while the moderating effect of soil technology training is not significant.Therefore,this paper proposes to cultivate soil conservation service organizations to visualize soil value,to develop a land transfer market with high quality and good price,and to improve the applicability of technology while broadening the channels for soil technology training.
land transfer marketsoil conservationbenefit expectationsmall farmssoil quality appraisal institutionssoil technology training
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