Effects Of Ecological Cognition And Family Livelihood Capital On Ecological Farming Behavior Of Rice Farmers

Ensuring national food security is one of the two bottom lines to be firmly upheld,according to the No.1 Central Document in 2022.However,the current agricultural non-point source pollution problem is aggravated,the quality of cultivated land has been seriously damaged,to our food quantity,quality and safety problems caused by the impact can not be underestimated.Therefore,regulating ecological farming behavior of rice farmers is an objective condition to ensure food quality and security and improve farmland productivity.This thesis collected 330 pieces of research data in four counties and one city of Hefei,Anhui Province,and determined six kinds of ecological farming behaviors of rice farmers on the basis of literature reading.According to the data,the ecological cognition of rice farmers and the adoption behavior of ecological farming were statistically analyzed,and then the entropy method was used to calculate five kinds of comprehensive evaluation values of livelihood capital of each farmer.This thesis introduced Ordered Logistic model to analyze the effects of ecological cognition and family livelihood capital on ecological cultivation adoption behavior of rice farmers,sorted out its mechanism,and put forward relevant policy suggestions.The results show that:(1)most farmers are well aware of the harm caused by excessive chemical fertilizers and pesticides to soil and crops,and also know that organic fertilizers are more conducive to environmental protection.However,most farmers have a vague understanding of the substitution of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and the necessity of agricultural waste recycling.(2)According to the statistical results of the data,only10.90% of the farmers adopted more than three ecological farming methods,and most of the farmers only adopted one or two ecological farming methods,indicating that the adoption degree of ecological farming is not high.(3)Farmers’ gender,natural capital,physical capital,financial capital,cognition of chemical pesticide substitutes,cognition of the necessity of agricultural waste recycling,cognition of ecological environment protection,and government subsidies all had significant positive effects on the ecological cultivation adoption behavior of rice farmers.Finally,according to the research conclusions,this thesis proposed suggestions from the following aspects in order to promote the adoption of ecological farming behavior of rice farmers:(1)Increase the publicity and education of ecological farming in rural areas.(2)Actively promote appropriate scale management of cultivated land.(3)Promoting non-agricultural employment and livelihood of rural households.(4)Improve the subsidy mechanism for ecological farming.