Research on the Impact of Members’ Social Capital within Agricultural Cooperatives on Their Adoption of IPM in China

Yuying Liu, Ziqi Liu, Jingzheng Liu, Ling Qiu, Yulin Wang and Xinhong Fu ()
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Yuying Liu: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Ziqi Liu: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Jingzheng Liu: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Ling Qiu: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Yulin Wang: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Xinhong Fu: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 18, 1-12

Abstract: Agricultural cooperatives are effective facilitators of green production technology promotion. What is the role of social capital within agricultural cooperatives with the most competitive advantage in technology promotion? Using the survey data of 465 citrus-planting cooperative members in Sichuan Province, this study uses the IV-probit model and mediating effect model to analyze the impact role of social capital within agricultural cooperatives on its members’ adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) technology. The bootstrap method is also used to test the robustness of the parameter estimates. The results show that: (1) the social capital within agricultural cooperatives has a significant positive impact on IPM adoption; (2) cooperative members’ IPM cognition has a partial mediating effect on the impact of the social capital within agricultural cooperatives on its members’ adoption of IPM technology (more than 51.37%). Therefore, among all the optional IPM technology promotion measures of cooperatives, multi-dimensional accumulation of the social capital within agricultural cooperatives and promotion of IPM technology awareness level of members is a viable path.

Keywords: IPM adoption; agricultural cooperatives; mediating effect; green production technology; IV probit model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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