Grain for Green Project in farmers’ minds: perceptions, aspirations and behaviours in eco-fragile region, Xinjiang, China

Duan, Pei; Chen, Shengdong; Zhang, Heng; Zhang, Fuchun

doi:10.1108/ijccsm-06-2020-0069

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“…on farmers' household income is relatively complex. The conversion of farmland to forests will increase the income inequality of farmers (Duan et al, 2021). Sustainability depends mainly on the ability of non-farm workers to improve and diversify their income (Treacy et al, 2018).…”

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“…The relationship between future family income and actual income cannot be ignored. Duan et al (2021) discussed the connotation and relationship between ecological cognition and ecological aspiration and pointed out that ecological cognition is the basic premise of ecological aspiration. Ecological aspiration is people's aspiration for the ecological environment or their "satisfaction" with the ecological environment.…”

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“…As a typical arid and ecologically fragile area, the desertification and salinization of land in Xinjiang are severe, and the ecological environment is fragile. Excessive agricultural and social water use have resulted in a sharp increase in the competing pressures on the population, resources, and environmental development in Xinjiang, which has seriously restricted local economic development and social stability (Duan et al, 2021). In December 2015, the Ministry of Finance and seven other departments, including the National Development and Reform Commission, issued a circular on expanding the scale of the new round of conversion of cropland to forests and grassland 4 and noted that "from 2016, the G.G.P.…”

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“…Sex of the head of the household. The sex of the head of the home influences the family production decision, especially on the cognition of returning farmland to the forest (Duan et al, 2021). Age of the head of a household.…”

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“…Ecological aspiration is a subjective attitude held by a decision-maker resulting from the "satisfaction" of the surrounding environment or the continued satisfaction once the surrounding environment has exceeded the decision-maker's initial level of desire; the level of aspiration can be measured by the degree of satisfaction of the decision-maker (Duan et al, 2021). Using this concept for reference, we believe that ecological aspiration is people's desire for an ecological environment or satisfaction with the ecological environment.…”

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Ecological aspiration and the income of farmers aroused by Grain for Green Project

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For farmers, the more fragile the state of the ecology becomes, the more their awareness of the need for environmental protection grows. China’s Grain for Green Project (G.G.P.) policy of returning farmland to forests and grassland, as an external shock to the environment, has sparked people’s ecological aspirations. Many people have noticed the phenomenon of ecosystem degradation and overlapping poverty. Analyzing the environmental and income changes brought about by the G.G.P., and this study considers farmers’ self-selection problems due to their lack of subjective thinking regarding this initiative. Our study aims to fill this gap by using a forest–grass model to assess the level of farmers’ ecological aspirations in ecologically vulnerable areas of Xinjiang, China. This article is based on aspiration theory and a theoretical model assessing the economic impact of ecological aspiration on the G.G.P. in China. The results show that farmers’ ecological aspirations can increase their enthusiasm to participate in the G.G.P. Under counterfactual conditions, participation in the G.G.P. initially reduces farmers’ total income to a certain extent; however, in the long run, it can significantly increase the total income of farmers. When the intermediary effect is used to analyze the economic effect of ecological aspiration on returning farmland to forest, it is found that farmers’ ecological aspirations affect household income by influencing income expectations. Our findings have essential practical implications and provide an important reference for consolidating poverty alleviation efforts and effectively promoting rural revitalization. In addition, the results suggest a way to achieve the goals of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and it is necessary for building environmental-friendly regions.

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Are we ready to transition to sustainable sheep production in New Zealand? A critical analysis from the perspectives of transition intention and sustainable tool adoption

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Purpose This study aims to understand New Zealand sheep farmers’ readiness toward sustainability transition by assessing their intentions of transition and adoption of sustainability tools, with information collection considered to mediate the intention–adoption relationship.Design/methodology/approach Based on the data collected from a survey of New Zealand sheep farmers in 2021, the empirical analysis was developed to investigate farmers’ perceptions of and attitudes toward readiness to move toward a sustainability transition. Structural equation modeling associated with principal component analysis was used to empirically test the theory of planned behavior constructs.Findings The results show that pressure from the public and the sheep industry, and the perceived controls of transition drive the intention of sustainability transition; farmers with higher intention of sustainability transition are found to be more likely to adopt sustainability tools. However, there is an attitude–behavior gap, wherein positive attitudes toward sustainability transition may not lead to a higher likelihood of adopting sustainability tools. There is no evidence of the mediating role of information collection on the intention–adoption relationship, while a positive effect was found in information collection on the adoption of sustainability tools.Practical implications The empirical evidence indicates that policymakers need to help increase the awareness of sustainable production and help farmers overcome barriers to achieving sustainable production by finding ways to turn intentions into adoption.Originality/value Being the first attempt to empirically assess farmers’ readiness toward sustainability transition, the study fills the gap of limited understanding of the link between sustainability transition intention and sustainable tools adoption in sustainability transition.

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Grain for Green Project in farmers’ minds: perceptions, aspirations and behaviours in eco-fragile region, Xinjiang, China

Cited by 6 publications

References 30 publications

Ecological aspiration and the income of farmers aroused by Grain for Green Project

Ecological aspiration and the income of farmers aroused by Grain for Green Project

Knowledge of climate change and adaptation by smallholder farmers: evidence from southern Ethiopia

Are we ready to transition to sustainable sheep production in New Zealand? A critical analysis from the perspectives of transition intention and sustainable tool adoption

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