Factors affecting farmers’ acceptance and perception of a potential incentive scheme in grassland areas

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ID12006573
AutoresYong Chen (0000-0001-8240-1286, Chinese Academy of Sciences, autor de correspondencia), Chen Yong (0000-0001-5485-531X, Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China), Lihua Zhou (0000-0002-8892-4878, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China), Caixia Hou (0000-0002-5335-8511, Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China)
Año2018
Volumen57
Número3
Páginas381-394
Fecha de publicación2018-11-29
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/j.soscij.2018.11.006
OpenAlexW2903132184
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas29

Incentive-based natural resource management can increase the ecological and economic efficiency of resource utilization. An incentive-based fee scheme was proposed as an effective management scheme for grasslands in northwestern China, where grazing has been banned for ten years. The scheme combines grazing fees and payment by results (GFPBR). The aims of this case study were to assess farmers’ acceptance and perception of a potential GFPBR scheme, using Yanchi County as an example, and to evaluate the driving factors. Face-to-face surveys were conducted with 128 farmers. A semi-standardized questionnaire, which included farmers’ willingness to accept the GFPBR scheme, their perception and preferred characteristics, individual characteristics, family characteristics and behavioral characteristics, was developed. The results showed that the majority of farmers in this case study accepted the GFPBR scheme. The willingness of farmers to pay a fee for grazing was significantly influenced by the proportion of stockbreeding income to total income, whether grassland was independently contracted, whether non-agricultural investments were made in the past five years, and farmers’ perception of ecological protection and economic development. Climate change and government executive capacity were the main risk factors considered by farmers who were unwilling to enroll in the GFPBR scheme. The farmer’s perception of grassland management indicated they were more inclined to value short-term economic interest over ecological protection. We suggest that the implementation of the GFPBR scheme must take into account the grazing fee amount, the design of the scheme, the length of implementation, and property ownership

Agricultural economics · Agricultural science · Agriculture · Business · Economics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Government (linguistics · Grassland · Grazing · Incentive · Natural resource economics · Payment · Perception · Resource (disambiguation · Willingness to pay · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Science · Psychology · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Ecology · Finance

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