Study on Herders’ Willingness to Protect Grassland Based on the IAD Extended Decision Model

Lan Yao, Xiaobo Yan, Miaomiao Xu, Mengya Wu, Zhenning Yu and Min Li
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Lan Yao: College of Economics & Management, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
Xiaobo Yan: College of Economics & Management, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
Miaomiao Xu: College of Economics & Management, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
Mengya Wu: College of Economics & Management, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
Zhenning Yu: School of Social and Public Administration, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
Min Li: College of Economics & Management, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 4, 1-16

Abstract: In an attempt to resolve the increasingly severe grassland degradation, China has implemented a series of grassland protection policies. Herders are one of the key stakeholders in these policies, and their willingness to participate in grassland protection directly affects the effective implementation of these policies. We conducted a field survey of herders in Qinghai and Gansu Provinces to identify the factors that impact the willingness of herders to adopt these policies and then incorporated a number of these factors in the extension framework of the Institutional Analysis and Design (IAD) model. First, we analyzed the willingness of herders to adopt grassland protection policies using binary logistic regression. After dividing the herders into two categories based on whether or not they had participated in grassland protection, we repeated the binary regression analysis for both categories of herders. The results indicate that their willingness to adopt protection measures was influenced by their household characteristics, procedures and rules, the market environment, and cognitive reform. Herders who had not participated were mainly concerned about the impact of protection policies on household livelihoods and whether they would receive adequate subsidies. Based on this analysis, we understand that problems still exist with China’s grassland governance policies and have proposed strategies to improve these.

Keywords: grassland management; protection willingness; institutional analysis and design (IAD); China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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