Need for Cognitive Closure, Information Acquisition and Adoption of Green Prevention and Control Technology

Abstract

In this paper, we use the OLS regression method to analyse the influencing mechanism of the NFCC on farmers’ adoption of green prevention and control technology and further verify the mediating effect of information acquisition. The results show that the NFCC has a direct effect on the adoption of green prevention and control technology, and information acquisition has a mediating effect. The first stage of cognitive closure has a more significant effect on farmers’ adoption of green prevention and control technology, information acquisition ability has a significant positive impact on farmers’ adoption of green prevention and control technology, and information acquisition has an incomplete mediating effect on the impact of cognitive closure on the adoption of green prevention and control technologies. This paper further studies and verifies the action path of two dimensions of the NFCC on farmers’ adoption of green prevention and control technology. The results have certain theoretical significance for expanding the knowledge of farmers’ green prevention and control technology behaviour and further enriching the research on farmers’ cognition.

Eco-Technology and Eco-Innovation for Green Sustainable Growth

“…In addition, Wu and Zhou [11] used OLS regression to analyse the mechanism of the influence of NFCs on the adoption of green control technologies by farmers, further validating the mediating role of information access. The results show that Need For Cognitive Closure (NFCC) has a direct influence on the adoption of green control technologies and that information acquisition has a mediating role.…”

The influence of social capital on farmers’ green control technology adoption behavior

“…Many studies believe that farmers, as direct users and stakeholders of GCT, generally lack enthusiasm for adopting GCT, which makes it difficult to effectively break through the scale of promotion ( Lou et al, 2021 ; Wu and Zhou, 2021 ). What factors prevent Chinese farmers from adopting GCT?…”

Research on the Impacts of Information Capacity on Farmers’ Green Prevention and Control Technology Adoption

“…However, due to the unreasonable application of pesticides, food safety and pollution from non-point agricultural sources have become an important issue in the world, as well as one of the most important sources of ecological environmental pollution in China [1,2]. According to statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture, China is the world's largest consumer of pesticides, and it is characterised by high volume and inefficiency compared to developed countries [3,4]. With the increasing constraints on agricultural resources and environment and the constant attention to the agricultural ecological environment [5], the wide promotion of green prevention and control technology is an effective way to reduce the use of chemical pesticides, achieve zero growth in pesticide use, and alleviate pollution from non-point agricultural sources [6].…”

“…Farmers' green prevention and control technology adoption (GCT adoption) refers to a technology selection that farmers decide whether to accept and actually adopt green prevention and control technology according to their own resource endowment and capacity feature and combined with the occurrence rules of crop diseases and pests, so as to achieve the goal of profit maximisation [4]. In order to transform from the traditional chemical pesticide prevention technology to the new green prevention and control technology, farmers not only need to acquire a lot of knowledge and operation skills, but also need to have a certain ability to match it.…”