QIAO Dan,XU Shuting,XU Tao.Behavioral willingness deviation: social networks, herd psychology, and farmers' green production behavior [J]. Journal of Shanxi Agricultural University(Social Science Edition),2023,22(5):76⁃86.
QIAO Dan,XU Shuting,XU Tao.Behavioral willingness deviation: social networks, herd psychology, and farmers' green production behavior [J]. Journal of Shanxi Agricultural University(Social Science Edition),2023,22(5):76⁃86. DOI: 10.13842/j.cnki.issn1671-816X.2023.05.009.
Behavioral willingness deviation: social networks, herd psychology, and farmers' green production behavior
Green transformation of production methods is the key to achieving high-quality agricultural development in China, and the positive response at the farmer level is crucial. Based on the field survey data of 511 mango farmers in Hainan province,this article empirically tested the influence mechanism of social network and herd mentality on farmers' willingness to deviate from green production behavior by using binary logit model and moderating effect model. The study showed that herd psychology and social network have negative effects significantly on the deviation of farmers' green production behavior willingness, that is, the stronger the herd mentality and the richer the social network,the less likely to deviate from green production behavior. The negative effect of herding on farmers' deviation will be strengthened with the increase of social network richness. Therefore, we should strengthen and improve the social network construction in rural areas to build a mutual help platform for farmers to communicate with each other;develop benchmark farmers to play their demonstration and leading role to drive the surrounding farmers to green production as much as possible;implement differentiated agricultural green production promotion policies according to the differences of individual farmers.
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