Environmental policy and farmers' active straw return: administrative guidance or economic reward and punishment

Jia He, Wenfeng Zhou, Shili Guo, Xin Deng, Jiahao Song and Dingde Xu ()
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Jia He: Sichuan Agricultural University
Wenfeng Zhou: Sichuan Agricultural University
Shili Guo: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Xin Deng: Sichuan Agricultural University
Jiahao Song: Sichuan Agricultural University
Dingde Xu: Sichuan Agricultural University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2024, vol. 26, issue 7, No 42, 17407-17430

Abstract: Abstract Straw used to be an important raw material for heating, cooking, and raising livestock in rural areas. However, with the development of the economy, straw burning poses a great threat to the environment. Straw return is of great significance for realizing carbon peaks and carbon neutrality because of its ecological value and economic value. Based on the survey data of 540 households in Sichuan Province, China, the Probit model and CMP model are used to empirically analyze the influence of environmental policy on farmers' active straw return and its mechanism. The results show that: (1) 65.9% of farmers actively return straw to the field, and 34.1% of farmers passively return straw to the field. (2) environmental policies significantly promote farmers' initiative to return straw to the field, in which the influence of economic rewards and punishments is greater than that of administrative guidance. (3) Government propaganda and government training in government administrative guidance can promote farmers' active straw return by raising their awareness, with intermediary effects of 76.05% and 60.14%, respectively. (4) Female heads of households, high education level of heads of households, and high family income can also positively promote farmers' active straw return.

Keywords: Environmental policy; Straw return; Sustainable production; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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