An Empirical Study On Response Behavior Of Farmers’ Forestry Science And Technology Service

The construction of modern forestry requires the strong support of science and technology.In light of the new changes,new requirements and new features of forestry science and technology services after the reform of collective forest tenure rights system,farmers’ forestry science and technology service response should receive great attention.So,what is the status of the response of the farmer’s forestry science and technology service at present?What is the intrinsic mechanism of the farmer’s response to the forestry science and technology service? What are the specific response options have been made? What are the factors affecting farmers’ response to forestry technology service and their choices? What is the response of farmers to forestry technology service? How satisfied are? What are the expectations of the policy? The solution of these problems helps to establish mechanisms of identification and targeting so that forestry science and technology services policies are more targeted and effective and have very important theoretical and practical significance for promoting the innovation of forestry science and technology service system.On the basis of combing the historical evolution of China’s forestry science and technology service system,the dissertation uses public product theory,technological innovation and diffusion theory,and system theory to analyze subsystem identification,function orientation and related interest groups in forestry science and technology service system,Which provide the practical basis for the construction of the decision-making behavior model of forestry science and technology service for farmers.Based on the theory of behavioral economics,this paper constructs the theoretical analysis framework of the responses of the farmers to forestry science and technology service,and establishes the theoretical and empirical models.According to the longitudinal data obtained from the follow-up investigation of farmer households in Jiangxi Province,the mechanism of decision-making of forestry science and technology service response was empirically proved by the structural equation modeling(SEM).Based on the Logistic regression model of Generalized Estimation Equation(GEE),the influencing factors and the mechanism of response of forestry S & T service to farmers after the forest reform were empirically analyzed.Multivariate Logistic regression and Logistic regression model of generalized linear model(GLM)were used to investigate the influential factors such as the number of respondents,the service mode and the response of the respondents.The semi-logarithmic regression model and DEA-Tobit model were used to study the substantive effects of farmer forestry science and technology service response on farmers’ forestry production and management and to analyze the restrictive factors and their mechanism of restricting responses.The order Logistic regression was used to make an empirical analysis on the degree of farmers’ satisfaction and the expectation of policy.The main conclusions of this study are:(1)at present,China has basically completed a more complete forestry science and technology service system,and the multi-disciplinary scientific and technological service functions need to be further improved.The construction of forestry science and technology service system in Jiangxi needs to be strengthened.(2)Farmers’ response to forestry science and technology service has its inherent regularity.Generally speaking,farmer households respond to decisions rationally and will consider cost-benefit appropriately.However,this rationality is also limited rationality.It is also affected by the characteristics of household headhunter,family labor resources Endowment,household income and structure,natural forest household resource endowment,active interaction between farmers and forestry development mechanism reform,farmers’ forestry development support policies,past experience of behavior response and so on.(3)The overall response rate of farmers in Jiangxi Province is not high and has been declining year by year,and the response persistence is weak.It tends to choose the way of on-the-spot guidance and selects more services provided by government-led service providers.(4)Whether the farmer responds,the frequency of response and the choice of response mode have a direct and direct impact on the farmer’s total forestry income,while the direct response of farmer’s forestry income is not significant.(5)On the whole,the choice of response frequency,number of responses,response methods and the choice of respondents are conducive to increasing the scale efficiency of farmers’ production and management.The greater number of responses is in favor of a significant increase in the purely technical efficiency of forestry production and management,However,the farmers who choose government-led service providers are purely technical inefficient than those who do not respond.(6)There are obvious differences in overall satisfaction rating of forestry science and technology service among different years.The satisfaction of the survey in the first few years is high,but the downward trend is more obvious in recent years.(7)On average,more than 50% of farmers ranked the top four in the demand for forestry science and technology service policies,but the demand in recent years have dropped significantly from 2010.To this end,this article suggests:(1)the formulation and adjustment of policies should pay close attention to the responses and expectations of farmers,and create a policy environment conducive to safeguarding the returns of forestry science and technology services to farmers.(2)Forestry science and technology extension service agencies should deepen the reform,actively explore the market-oriented operation mechanism and improve the service efficiency of forestry science and technology extension service.(3)To improve the comprehensive literacy of decision-makers in rural households,eliminate all kinds of interference factors that lead to irrational behaviors and help farmers make appropriate decision-making and choices in responding to forest science and technology services.(4)We should unswervingly deepen the reform of the collective forest tenure system,give full play to the coordination and cooperation of relevant supporting measures and enhance the overall effectiveness of supporting policies.