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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Dong, Chong
• Wang, Hainan
• Long, Wenjin
• Ma, Jiujie
• Cui, Yi

Titel

Can Agricultural Cooperatives Promote Chinese Farmers' Adoption of Green Technologies?

Ist Teil von

• International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023-02, Vol.20 (5), p.4051

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Green technologies are important for achieving green and high-quality agricultural development. The Chinese government has issued various policies to explicitly encourage the adoption of green technologies. However, incentives for Chinese farmers to adopt green technologies remain insufficient. This study examines whether participation in agricultural cooperatives can help break the barriers to Chinese farmers' adoption of green technologies. It also examines the potential mechanisms by which cooperatives can mitigate the lack of incentives for farmers to adopt agricultural green technologies. Using data from a study on farmers in four Chinese provinces, we found that cooperative participation significantly increases farmers' adoption behavior for both green technologies with effective market incentives (e.g., commercial organic fertilizer technologies) and those without such incentives (e.g., water-saving irrigation technologies).