Spatial Heterogeneity Of Farmers’ Willingness To Participate In Returning Tea To Forest And Farming In Anxi County Study On Influencing Factors

Tea industry is not only the traditional advantageous characteristic industry in Anxi County,but also an important part of modern agriculture in Anxi County.Under the background of rural revitalization,the implementation of the policy of returning tea to forest and farming is conducive to improving the ecological environment of tea producing areas;promoting the green development of tea industry to achieve quality tea is conducive to improving agricultural production structure and promoting stable grain production.In recent years,with the development of social economy,the tea industry in Anxi has been developing vigorously and has made many remarkable achievements.However,there are still a series of problems caused by excessive reclamation of tea gardens in Anxi tea industry,such as overcapacity,deterioration of tea garden ecological environment,agricultural non-point source pollution,destruction of cultivated land and reduction of food production.Therefore,it is an inevitable choice for the development of modern agriculture to implement the policy of returning tea to forest and farming,protect the ecological environment of the main tea producing areas,and optimize the structure of rural agricultural production.Based on the theory of farmers ’ production behavior,cognitive theory and incentive theory,this paper analyzes the spatial heterogeneity and influencing factors of farmers ’ willingness to participate in returning tea to forest and returning farmland in Anxi County.The purpose is to encourage tea farmers in different regions to participate in returning tea to forest and returning farmland projects,and restore the ecological environment of the main tea producing areas with less cost.First of all,through reading literature and looking for information,combing the research and theory related to returning tea to forest and farming,collecting the natural and geographical data of Anxi townships,laying the foundation for later research;then through the questionnaire survey and household interview,to understand the tea farmers ’ personal characteristics,family characteristics,and their ecological cognitive level,analysis of the current situation of returning tea to forest and farming in Anxi County,summarizes the existing problems,such as : lack of policy propaganda,the trust of tea farmers needs to be improved;low compensation standardSecondly,this paper analyzes the spatial distribution characteristics of tea farmers’ willingness to withdraw tea in Anxi County through spatial autocorrelation analysis.Then,the weighted regression model is constructed to analyze the influencing factors of farmers ’ willingness to participate in returning tea to forest and farming in Anxi County.The influencing factors are selected from four aspects : individual characteristics of tea farmers,family resource endowment of tea farmers ’ cognitive level and township location.The results showed that there were significant spatial differences in the willingness of tea farmers to participate in returning tea to forest and cropland in Anxi County.The willingness of farmers was low in the northwest and high in the southeast.In terms of influencing factors,tea farmers ’ educational level,ecological cognition,policy understanding,proportion of tea income,average price of tea,road density and distance to major cities are the main influencing factors of tea farmers ’ willingness to participate.The education level,ecological cognition,policy understanding and road density of tea farmers were positively correlated with their willingness to participate in tea withdrawal.The average price of tea,the proportion of tea income and the distance to major cities were negatively correlated with the willingness of tea farmers to withdraw tea.Finally,according to the analysis results,the following suggestions are put forward: to establish a regional compensation mechanism for tea withdrawal;strengthen policy propaganda,improve the ecological awareness of tea farmers;provide non-agricultural employment opportunities,reduce the dependence of tea farmers on land;improve infrastructure and policy system;introduce a variety of subsidies,improve subsidies standards.