Research on the Impact of Meteorological Disaster Shocks and Risk Perception on Farmers’ Cooperative Pest and Disease Control Behavior

Zhiwu He, Xiuling Ding () and Qian Lu
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Zhiwu He: College of Economics & Management, Xi’an University, Xi’an 710065, China
Xiuling Ding: College of Economics, Gansu University of Political Science and Law, Lanzhou 730070, China
Qian Lu: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China

Agriculture, 2025, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-21

Abstract: Climate change, primarily characterized by rising global temperatures, has led to a continuous expansion in the area affected by pests and diseases. This poses a significant threat to national agricultural production and directly jeopardizes food security. Cooperative pest and disease control behavior represents a novel approach to pest and disease management and is an important measure for mitigating agricultural production risks. This study employs Probit and IVProbit models to empirically examine the impact of meteorological disaster shocks on cooperative pest and disease control behavior. The results show that both meteorological disaster shocks and their frequency significantly and positively influence cooperative pest and disease control behavior. Moreover, the perception of risk losses plays a mediating role in this relationship. The impact of meteorological disaster shocks on farmers’ cooperative pest and disease control behavior is heterogeneous. Specifically, these shocks and their frequency significantly influence the choice of cooperative pest and disease control behavior among farmers with junior high school education or above and large-scale farmers, while they have no significant impact on farmers with primary school education or below and small-scale farmers.

Keywords: meteorological disaster shocks; cooperative pest and disease control behavior; risk perception; mediating effect (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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