| The problem of toilets in the vast rural areas of our country has been criticized.In the past five years,the Central Document No.1 has mentioned that it is necessary to unremittingly promote the toilet revolution in rural areas,placing the improvement of rural living environment in a strategic program position,and the toilet revolution has gradually become an important driving force for China’s beautiful rural construction and rural living environment governance.But even if national policies and local governments attach so much importance to it,the promotion effect of China’s toilet revolution is not ideal.As the key participants and direct beneficiaries of the toilet revolution,if farmers’ ideas are not effectively expressed,it may lead to a gap between the government’s construction goals and actual construction effects and the real construction needs of farmers in the process of promoting the toilet revolution.Therefore,it is of great policy significance and practical significance to study the participation behavior of farmers,understand the real needs of farmers for toilet renovation,and evaluate the policy of toilet renovation projects according to local conditions.Based on the theory of farmers’ behavior choice,public participation theory,market failure theory and social capital theory,this paper selects the participation behavior of farmers in Anzhou District,Mianyang City,and puts forward a research hypothesis based on the theory of farmers’ behavior choice,public participation theory,market failure theory and social capital theory,and conducts field research and in-depth interviews.Typical cases of farmers’ participation were selected from the survey towns,and the characteristics of farmers’ participation in the toilet revolution and the factors restricting farmers’ participation were studied and analyzed.The results show that,first,the characteristics of individual households and households are important factors influencing farmers’ participation in the toilet revolution.Farmers with higher levels of education and wage income as their main source of income were more actively engaged.Second,the more farmers in Anzhou District understand the toilet revolution policy(mainly thanks to the government’s publicity efforts),the stronger their willingness to participate,and the higher the evaluation of toilet renovation,the more active they will be to participate in the toilet revolution.Third,farmers’ preference for toilet renovation involves social equity.The frequency of use of new toilets,the good treatment of manure,the low number of maintenance times,and the availability of maintenance services will stimulate the active participation of farmers.Fourth,the factors restricting farmers’ participation in the toilet revolution mainly lie in the quality of new toilet facilities,the lack of management and maintenance service guarantees,the influence of traditional concepts,the lack of awareness of governance subjects,and the dual influence of age and education level.Fifth,the farmers participating in the toilet revolution mainly possess the radical revolutionary spirit,the sense of self-organization,the ability of family building,and the concept of integrated development.Sixth,rural households with the experience of village cadres and full trust in the system of toilet revolution participated more actively.However,the participation degree of social capital and market capital in toilet revolution in Anzhou District was weak.Seventh,the toilet improvement in Anzhou District has a significant effect on the health of farmers,family hygiene,rural tourism and entrepreneurship,but the improvement degree of fecal pollution treatment is low.Finally,this paper puts forward three suggestions for the future improvement direction of toilet revolution in Anzhou District.First,innovate the means of publicity and strengthen the change of farmers’ subjective consciousness.Second,expand the participation of market capital and strengthen trust in social capital.Third,innovate the toilet improvement mechanism to promote the income of farmers. |
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