Impact of Digital Platform Organization on Reducing Green Production Risk to Tackle COVID-19: Evidence from Farmers in Jiangsu China

Lishi Mao, Junfeng Song, Siyuan Xu and Degui Yu ()
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Lishi Mao: Digital Rural Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Junfeng Song: Digital Rural Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Siyuan Xu: Digital Rural Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Degui Yu: Digital Rural Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: The agricultural organization based on digital platforms in C2F (Company–Platform–Farmers) may be an effective way to reduce the increased risk of green production caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the specific mechanism and impact involved are unclear. Applying risk cognition and decision theory, we built the theoretical framework on platform organization, pandemic risk, perception value, and green production continuity, and ascertained the impact effects and path using the PLS-SEM method. We found that the risk of COVID-19 overflow had a significant impact on farmers’ green production continuity by mediating perception value, especially regarding reduced green technology adoption intention and increased cost of living. Utilizing perfect platform value cognition, participation co-operation, access and benefit distribution, and safeguard and restraint measures of platform organization in C2F, we offered a new approach to reduce the green production risks caused by COVID-19, such as material and labor shortages, financial pressure, sales channel blockages, and price volatility. We explained the behavior-moderating motivation of farmers with different risk preferences and subjective norms in relation to tackling COVID-19. We should aim to perfect the functions of digital platform organizations to optimize the benefit linkages in C2F, accelerate farmers’ digitization ability cultivation to increase the cognitive risk level, and strengthen the policy guidance of COVID-19 prevention to reduce the influence of farmers’ subjective norms.

Keywords: COVID-19; digital platform; benefits-linking stability; green production risk; C2F model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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