Effect of Government Intervention and Market Incentives on Farmer Organic Fertilizer Application Behavior and Agricultural Emission Reduction

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ID21738433
AuthorsNing Lv (0000-0003-4091-714X, Shihezi University), Fang Liu (0000-0002-7132-354X, Lecturer, School of Economics and Management, Anhui Polytechnic Univ., No. 8 Beijing Middle Rd., Wuhu City, Anhui 241000, China (corresponding author), corresponding author), Honghui Zhu (0000-0003-0397-8218, Shihezi University), Guodong Wang (0000-0001-8088-849X, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science)
Year2023
Volume24
Issue1
Publication date2023-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNatural Hazards Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1527-6988 • E-ISSN: 1527-6996
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1061/(asce)nh.1527-6996.0000595
OpenAlexW4297978065
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited64

Substituting organic fertilizer for chemical fertilizer is widely viewed as an effective path to promoting sustainable agricultural development amidst the imminent threat of climate change. This paper investigates the effect of government intervention and market incentives on farmers’ organic fertilizer application behavior (FOFAB), using survey data from Xinjiang, China. The results show that, first, three sub-dimensional variables of government intervention, namely policy publicity, fiscal subsidies, and regulation constraints, all have a significantly positive impact on FOFAB, and that fiscal subsidy ranks first in terms of influencing the degree of the effect. Second, there is a mediating effect of market incentives on the relationship between government intervention and FOFAB via three paths, namely the market price of organic fertilizer, the cost of applying organic fertilizer, and market demand for organic food. The most significant mechanism is that fiscal subsidies have a positive influence on FOFAB by activating market demand for organic food, reducing the cost of applying organic fertilizer, and promoting the market price of organic food. In addition, the variables of family endowments have a steady and significant effect on FOFAB. Social networks did not exert a positive effect on FOFAB. Therefore, the local government should incentivize governmental intervention measures to improve the market competition mechanism, encourage more farmers to join agricultural cooperatives, and expand social networks to facilitate FOFAB

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Economic interventionism · Economics · Incentive · Market economy · Microeconomics · Natural resource economics · Public economics · Subsidy · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Environmental Sustainability in Business

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