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Do farmers care about climate change? Evidence from five major grain producing areas of China

作  者:
Song Chun-xiao;Liu Rui-feng;Oxley, Les;Ma Heng-yun
单  位:
Univ Waikato, Dept Econ & Finance, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand;Henan Agr Univ, Coll Econ & Management, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, Peoples R China
关键词:
China;major grain producing areas;determinants;climate change perception;irrigation areas
摘  要:
Using a logistic model, this paper empirically investigated farmers' perception of climate change and its determinants based on a field survey of 1 350 rural households across five major grain producing provinces in China. The results show: i) There is an apparent difference in perception levels for long-term temperature and precipitation changes. Specifically, 57.4% of farmers perceived the long-term temperature change correctly, but only 29.7% of farmers perceived the long-term precipitation change correctly; ii) The factors influencing the farmers' perceptions are almost completely different between precipitation and temperature, the former are mostly agriculture related, while latter are mostly non-agriculture related, except for farm size; and iii) Farmers are not expected to pay more attention to long-term precipitation changes over the crop growing seasons, because less than 30% of farmers can correctly perceive long-term precipitation change. Therefore, to improve the accuracy of farmers' perceptions of climate change, the government is recommended to: i) enhance education and training programs; ii) speed up land transfer and expand household land farm size; iii) develop farmer cooperative organizations; iv) invest more in agricultural infrastructure, specifically in major grain producing regions; and v) improve the agricultural environment and increase farming income.

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