Incentive mechanism to promote corn stalk return sustainably in Henan, China

[en] Corn stalk return (CSR) can manage agricultural residues on the spot to avoid field open burning and protect the environment. However, the implementation of this measure encounters reluctance from farmers which hinders its sustainability. This study combined the economic (cost) and technical (return amount, crushing quality, and decomposition of corn stalk) aspects to examine the factors affecting farmers' willingness to participate in the CSR by using a logistic regression model. The level of willingness to accept (WTA) compensation and its determinants were analyzed by using a tobit model. Based on the survey of 925 farmers, this study found the likelihood of farmers' participation in CSR will be decreased when CSR has high machinery cost, an excessive amount of stalk, poor quality of crushing, and slow decomposing rate. The farmers' WTA for CSR was estimated at about 711 Chinese Yuan (RMB) per ha annually, much higher than the current compensation level of 75–225 RMB per ha in Henan. Farmers were willing to be compensated more because of the high cost and slow decomposing rate. The issues in economic and technical sides should attract more attention, and the compensation should be increased and the technical problems should be solved to stimulate farmers' willingness of CSR. By providing a fuller understanding of farmers' CSR behavior, this study can serve as a reference for the Chinese government to develop and implement better policies.

Disciplines :

Agriculture & agronomy

Author, co-author :

Yang, Xiaomei

Cheng, Leilei

Huang, Xianlei

Zhang, Yang

Yin, Changbin

Lebailly, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Modélisation et développement

Language :

English

Title :

Incentive mechanism to promote corn stalk return sustainably in Henan, China

Publication date :

2020

Journal title :

Science of the Total Environment

ISSN :

0048-9697

eISSN :

1879-1026

Publisher :

Elsevier, Netherlands

Volume :

738 (2020) 139775

Pages :

11 p.

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720332952

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