How Neighbors Influence Rice–Crayfish Integrated System Adoption: Evidence from 980 Farmers in the Lower and Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River

Ke Liu, Zhenhong Qi (), Li Tan and Canwei Hu
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Ke Liu: School of Management, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430048, China
Zhenhong Qi: College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Li Tan: School of Management, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430048, China
Canwei Hu: School of Management, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430048, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: Rice-aquatic animal integrated systems can alleviate food and environmental insecurity. Understanding how this practice is adopted by farmers is significant for promoting the development of the agricultural industry. Given the information inadequacy and information frictions in agricultural society in China, farmers are susceptible to the behaviors of their neighbors through social interaction. This paper defines neighboring groups that are both spatially and socially connected to identify whether neighbors influence farmers’ adoption of rice–crayfish integrated systems using a sample in the lower and middle reaches of the Yangtze River in China. The findings reveal that for every one-unit increase in neighbors’ adoption behavior, the probability of farmers’ adoption increases by 0.367 units. Therefore, our results may have great value for policymakers seeking to take advantage of the neighborhood effect to complement formal extension systems and promote the developments of China’s ecological agriculture.

Keywords: neighborhood effect; rice–crayfish integrated system; technology adoption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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