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Influence of Incentives Measures for Green Manure Planting Adopted by Local Authorities and Farmers Perceptions of the Use of Rotational Fallow for Agricultural Sustainability in Guangxi, China
Ntakirutimana, L.; Li, F.; Huang, X.; Wang, S.; Yin, C. Green Manure Planting Incentive Measures of Local Authorities and Farmers’ Perceptions of the Utilization of Rotation Fallow for Sustainable Agriculture in Guangxi, China. Sustainability2019, 11, 2723.
Ntakirutimana, L.; Li, F.; Huang, X.; Wang, S.; Yin, C. Green Manure Planting Incentive Measures of Local Authorities and Farmers’ Perceptions of the Utilization of Rotation Fallow for Sustainable Agriculture in Guangxi, China. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2723.
Ntakirutimana, L.; Li, F.; Huang, X.; Wang, S.; Yin, C. Green Manure Planting Incentive Measures of Local Authorities and Farmers’ Perceptions of the Utilization of Rotation Fallow for Sustainable Agriculture in Guangxi, China. Sustainability2019, 11, 2723.
Ntakirutimana, L.; Li, F.; Huang, X.; Wang, S.; Yin, C. Green Manure Planting Incentive Measures of Local Authorities and Farmers’ Perceptions of the Utilization of Rotation Fallow for Sustainable Agriculture in Guangxi, China. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2723.
Abstract
The influence of instrumental variables on farmers ‘perceptions using rotation fallow as sustainable agriculture practices had been the aim of our research. By using simultaneous equations models, this study tried to understand the relationship between green manure farmer’s perceptions on using rotation-fallow and planting green manure in Guangxi Province, south of China. The results showed that subsidizing green manure farmers based on standard subsidy by the unit of green manure sown area; the training on the green manure planting technology or the demonstration preaching; the green manure farmers preference for the kinds of subsidy (funds, seeds, and mechanical services) were the mostly great drivers of the program of restoring planting green manure in the study area. These incentives measures must be enhanced as priority to restore definitely green manure planting. However, the findings of the study showed that the total income of the 2017 year, the area of an agricultural field of household and the household members (16–65 years old), providing labor in the agricultural field, have some influences on planting green manure and on farmer’s perceptions on using rotation-fallow as sustainable agriculture practices. Brief, the unobserved factors which influenced the endogenous factors play an important role to enhance widely the impact of farmers’ perceptions on planting green manure.
Keywords
incentives measures; farmer’s perceptions; green manure; subsidy; rotation fallow; probit; China
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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