Agricultural Social Services and Their Integration:Mechanism and Empirical Evidence to Solve the Farmers'Dilemma of Returning Straw to the Fields
Promoting returning straw to the fields is an important measure to facilitate the green and low-carbon development of agriculture and ensure national food security.However,despite a significant increase in the comprehensive utilization rate of straw,the proportion of farmers adopting straw returning remains low,and straw burning incidents are still frequent This paper is based on the dual demands of returning straw to the fields for farmers'operational intensity and technical capabilities,as well as the conditions for agricultural social services.By integrating the theory of division of labor and the logic of"contract governance",we construct a"demand-service-integration"framework for agricultural social services and their integration's impact on farmers'returning straw to the field behavior.Empirical analysis is conducted using 2021 survey data jointly developed by South China Agricultural University and Southwest University of Finance and Economics.The results indicate that both agricultural machinery and technology social services,as well as their integration,significantly promote farmers'behavior of returning straw.Among them,the integration of agricultural machinery and technology social services,and the agricultural technology social services,exhibit more pronounced effects.The integration of agricultural machinery and technology social services accelerates the promotion of returning straw to the fields by reducing"moral hazard".In addition,the impact of agricultural social services and their integration on farmers'behavior of returning straw to the fields exhibits strong heterogeneity in terms of scale,crop types,and agricultural areas.Therefore,the government should continue to increase the supply of agricultural social services,especially agricultural technology social services,and attach importance to the innovation of service supply models for the integration of agricultural machinery and technology social services.Based on the heterogeneity of scale,agricultural areas,and crop types,a differentiated extension system for promoting farmers'returning straw to the fields should be constructed,grounded in agricultural social services and their integration.
Agricultural Social ServicesService IntegrationFarmerStraw Returning to the FieldsMoral Hazard
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维普
