From Passive to Active: The Paradigm Shift of Straw Collection

centralized biogas production; Contingent Valuation Method; paradigm shift; straw collection; willingness to transport; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Ecology

Abstract :

[en] This paper takes the centralized biogas production project in the energy utilization of straw as a hypothetical item in investigation to discuss the straw collection mode based on the wishes of farmers. Through surveys of farmers in Shandong and Hebei provinces, under the current straw collection price, we found that 85% of farmers have the willingness to actively collect and transport straw, and the longest distance for active transportation is 3.22 km. The willingness of farmers to actively transport is not only affected by personal characteristics, family characteristics, and current energy consumption habits, but also the characteristics of behavioral intervention variables such as knowledge, attitude, and practice of environmental protection also significantly affect the distance of farmers’ active transportation. The behavioral intervention variables of these non-economic factors can be interfered and improved through multiple conventional propaganda tools. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a collection and storage point construction model based on the willingness of farmers to realize the transformation of the straw collection model from passive to active. This method also has an important reference value for most straw energy utilization projects. It will have an important impact on the planning, design, and operation of the project.

Disciplines :

Environmental sciences & ecology

Author, co-author :

Wang, Qiang ; Université de Liège - ULiège ; Business School, Shandong Management University, Jinan, China

Yang, Yueling; Business School, Shandong Management University, Jinan, China ; School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China

Language :

English

Title :

From Passive to Active: The Paradigm Shift of Straw Collection

Publication date :

24 June 2022

Journal title :

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

eISSN :

2296-701X

Publisher :

Frontiers Media S.A.

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Additional URL :

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.945646/full

Funding text :

This work was supported by the Doctoral Research Fund of Shandong University of Management, grant number SDMUD2022026.

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