How does soil pollution risk perception affect farmers' pro-environmental behavior? The role of income level

Zhou, Zhifang; Liu, Jinhao; Zeng, Huixiang; Zhang, Tao; Chen, Xiaohong

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110806

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“…In summary, what is needed are flexible, intelligent agricultural PES programs more suited to local requirements. [29,53,54], but also to explain the strong environmental concerns of people by individual or micro level incomes [55,56]. Therefore, this study introduces annual household income of farmers as a moderating variable at the micro level to understand how the attitudes toward ES changed with annual household income level.…”

Section: Farmers'attitudinal Responses On Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The moderating effect of farmers' income level on attitudes toward ES can be understood as two aspects. On one hand, rising household income of farmers will not in itself ensure improvements in agricultural environment performance [56,57]. Considering the specific Chinese setting, compared with farmers in developed countries, Chinese farmers are excessively financially dependent on farmland [56].…”

Section: Farmers'attitudinal Responses On Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On one hand, rising household income of farmers will not in itself ensure improvements in agricultural environment performance [56,57]. Considering the specific Chinese setting, compared with farmers in developed countries, Chinese farmers are excessively financially dependent on farmland [56]. For example, in the EU member states, AES has been implemented through contracts between public institutions and farmers, and requires farmers to change their farming practices in order to improve ecosystem services and in return for compensation per hectare of land [48,56,58,59].…”

Section: Farmers'attitudinal Responses On Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Considering the specific Chinese setting, compared with farmers in developed countries, Chinese farmers are excessively financially dependent on farmland [56]. For example, in the EU member states, AES has been implemented through contracts between public institutions and farmers, and requires farmers to change their farming practices in order to improve ecosystem services and in return for compensation per hectare of land [48,56,58,59]. AES offer financial compensation which help to reduce farmers' dependence on farming income, thereby reducing the risk of ecosystem services loss [56,60,61].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Agroecosystems are complex socio-ecological systems that are managed by farmers to achieve desired outcomes, including economic income and environmental benefits contributed by ecosystem services (ES). Therefore, understanding farmers’ attitudes for ES will provide references for targeted agricultural environment management, which is critical to achieving the sustainable development of agriculture. The aim of this study is to identify the attitudes of farmers regarding ES, and to test whether and how annual household income and social demographic characteristics affect farmers’ attitudes toward ES. Using face-to-face interviews to collect data and the hypothesis of environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) to provide an analytical framework, the results reveal that, in general, the perceptions of farmers’ attitudes on ES are highly complex, caused by characteristics of the farmers. Furthermore, the inflection points of the U-shaped curves, where priorities change from increasing income to paying more attention to waste assimilation and biological pest control, are identified at 17,091 and 25,071RMB, respectively. Initiatives that aim to achieve sustainable agricultural development by strengthening ES provisions should be sensitive to farmers’perceptions. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen farmers’ educational attainment, concentrate fragmented cultivation area and create reasonable incentives for preserving and restoring of ES and increasing farmers’ income together, which then can enhance the positive outcomes from income growth.

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“…Environmental pollution may affect individual health and is the main aspect of environmental risk. Examples are air pollution, industrial waste pollution, noise pollution, domestic waste pollution, water pollution, and food pollution [ 6 , 7 ]. Based on people’s intuitions and experiences, environmental risk perception (ERP) can trigger either rejection or adoption of self-precautionary or self-protective health behaviors by judging the severity of environmental risk [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ].…”

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How does soil pollution risk perception affect farmers' pro-environmental behavior? The role of income level

Cited by 97 publications

References 92 publications

How Does Improve Farmers’ Attitudes toward Ecosystem Services to Support Sustainable Development of Agriculture? Based on Environmental Kuznets Curve Theory

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