The Impact of Social Security on Farmers’ Green Agricultural Technology Adoption: Empirical Evidence from Rural China

Yilan Xu and Kuan Zhang ()
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Yilan Xu: College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Kuan Zhang: College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

Agriculture, 2025, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-22

Abstract: To ensure food safety and support sustainable development of agriculture, it is critical to accelerate the transition of agricultural production methods and develop green agriculture. This study employs the Probit model with survey data gathered from households growing rice in 13 cities in Jiangsu Province, China, to investigate how social security affects green agricultural technology adoption. Key findings from the study include the following: (1) Social security significantly promotes farmers’ green agricultural technology adoption. (2) Social security promotes green agricultural technology adoption by alleviating farmers’ credit constraints. (3) Farmers with higher education levels are more impacted by social security than farmers with lower education levels. (4) The impact of social security is more positively significant for young and middle-aged farmers than for older groups. (5) Risk-averse farmers are more inclined to acquire social security and receive a more significant boost. These findings provide micro-evidence for improving China’s rural social security mechanisms and ensuring agricultural ecosystem security.

Keywords: social security; green agricultural technology; credit constraints; sustainable development; rural China (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: 2025
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