Social capital and rural residential rooftop solar energy diffusion—Evidence from Jiangsu Province, China

Wang, Weidong; Jin, Shunlin; Zhang, Caijing; Qin, Xue; Lü, Na; Zhu, Guyu

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2023.103011

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“…With the advancement of technology and policy support, China's solar energy industry is gradually developing and growing. Currently, China's solar photovoltaic installed capacity exceeds one-third of the global total solar photovoltaic installed capacity, becoming a global leader in solar photovoltaic power generation [81]. At the beginning of the 21st century, the Chinese government began to strongly support the development of solar power generation.…”

Section: Overview Of Renewable Energy Development In Chinamentioning

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China and Italy’s Energy Development Trajectories: Current Landscapes and Future Cooperation Potential

Liu,

Jiang,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Energies

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In order to achieve the ambitious goal of “carbon neutrality”, countries around the world are striving to develop clean energy. Against this background, this paper takes China and Italy as representatives of developing and developed countries to summarize the energy structure composition and development overview of the two countries. The paper analyzes the serious challenges facing the future energy development of both countries and investigates the possibilities of energy cooperation between the two countries, taking into account their respective advantages in energy development. By comparing the policies issued by the two governments to encourage clean energy development, this paper analyzes the severe challenges faced by the two countries’ energy development in the future and combines their respective energy development advantages to look forward to the possibility of energy cooperation between the two countries in the future. This lays the foundation for China and Italy to build an “Energy Road” after the “Silk Road”.

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Section: Overview Of Renewable Energy Development In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

China and Italy’s Energy Development Trajectories: Current Landscapes and Future Cooperation Potential

Liu,

Jiang,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Energies

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“…According to statistics, China produces 600-800 million tons of corn, wheat, and rice straw every year [2], accounting for about one-third of the global straw output [3]. In the past, straw was often used for heating, cooking, and feeding livestock, and has a great potential utilization value [4,5]. However, with the change in farmers' lifestyles and the use of various clean energy sources, such as natural gas, straw is no longer used for cooking, which leads to the phenomenon of straw being casually abandoned and illegally burned [6,7].…”

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Does Labor Aging Inhibit Farmers’ Straw-Returning Behavior? Evidence from Rural Rice Farmers in Southwest China

Zhou,

Yang,

et al. 2023

Land

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As a typical green production technology, straw return affects environmental pollution control and waste recycling. However, in reality, farmers are not active in returning straw to the field. This study constructed a theoretical analysis of farmers’ straw-returning behavior under the conditions of labor aging, socialization service, and environmental regulation. Based on the survey data from 540 households in the Province of Sichuan, we empirically study the relationship between labor aging and farmers’ straw-returning behavior by using the binary logistic regression model and explore the moderating effects of socialization service and environmental regulation on labor aging and straw-returning behavior. The results show that: (1) Aging laborers in rural households constitute a higher proportion, accounting for 29% of the rural household labor force. However, there is limited enthusiasm among farmers to adopt straw returning to the field, with only 65% of farmers adopting this technology. (2) The labor aging hinders farmers’ straw-returning behavior. Specifically, under other fixed conditions, the behavior of straw returning decreases by 0.647 units when the labor aging increases by one unit. (3) Socialization services and economic incentives can mitigate the adverse effects of labor aging on straw-returning behavior, while mandatory constraints do not. (4) The heterogeneity analysis shows that labor aging has a stronger inhibitory effect on straw-returning behavior when the land scale of farmers is lower than the average level and the area is not plain.

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The impact of internet use and cognitive conflict on farmer IPM technology adoption: evidence from China

Chen,

Li,

Xia

2024

Pest Management Science

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BACKGROUNDIntegrated pest management (IPM) plays a crucial role in protecting agricultural environments and enhancing the quality of agricultural products. However, a major challenge in China is the conflicting understanding of IPM among farmers, leading to low adoption rates. This undermines farmers' ability to control pests and diseases while increasing risks to agricultural quality and safety. This study aimed to investigate the impact of cognitive conflicts on farmers’ adoption of IPM in kiwifruit farms in Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces. Additionally, the study explored the moderating role of internet use in the relationship between cognitive conflicts and farmer adoption of IPM. Data were collected from 686 kiwifruit farms through field surveys in 2018. The binary Probit model and moderating effect models were used to assess the influence of internet use and cognitive conflict on farmer adoption of IPM.RESULTSThe study found that cognitive conflicts significantly hindered farmers’ adoption of IPM. Higher levels of cognitive conflict were associated with lower likelihoods of adopting IPM. Internet use and frequency had positive effects on farmer adoption of IPM, promoting its implementation. Moreover, internet use and frequency helped alleviate the inhibitory effect of cognitive conflicts on farmer adoption IPM.CONCLUSIONThis research enhances our understanding of cognitive conflicts among farmers when promoting IPM and provides viable strategies to improve the effectiveness of public sector promotion and stimulate farmers' willingness to adopt IPM. It emphasizes the importance of addressing cognitive conflicts and utilizing internet resources to enhance IPM adoption among kiwifruit growers in China. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Social capital and rural residential rooftop solar energy diffusion—Evidence from Jiangsu Province, China

Cited by 11 publications

References 92 publications

China and Italy’s Energy Development Trajectories: Current Landscapes and Future Cooperation Potential

China and Italy’s Energy Development Trajectories: Current Landscapes and Future Cooperation Potential

Does Labor Aging Inhibit Farmers’ Straw-Returning Behavior? Evidence from Rural Rice Farmers in Southwest China

The impact of internet use and cognitive conflict on farmer IPM technology adoption: evidence from China

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