Factors and Minimal Subsidy Associated with Tea Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Ecological Pest Management
| Autor: | Jiasui Zhan, Rongrong Zheng, Yan-Li Ma, Dun-Chun He, Luxing Liu, Zishuai Wang, Lian-Hui Xie |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Integrated pest management
tea ecological pest management (TEPM) contingent valuation method (CVM) Geography Planning and Development lcsh:TJ807-830 0211 other engineering and technologies lcsh:Renewable energy sources 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Information asymmetry Production (economics) lcsh:Environmental sciences impact factors 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Sustainable development lcsh:GE1-350 Contingent valuation Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Ecology lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants food and beverages externalities 021107 urban & regional planning Subsidy risk preference lcsh:TD194-195 Business Willingness to accept Externality |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 11 Issue 22 Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 22, p 6190 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su11226190 |
| Popis: | Scientific assessment related to the externalities of the tea ecological pest management (TEPM) system that can affect socio-economic development and ecological benefits is important to the sustainable development of the tea industry. This paper used the contingent valuation method to evaluate the externalities associated with TEPM and the factors affecting its adoption by farmers through survey data collected from Anxi county, Fujian province, China. The results showed that the positive externalities, which were not internalized (embodied in price), affected the willingness of tea farmers to adopt TEPM. The willingness to accept a subsidy for adopting the TEPM system was significantly affected by the individual tea farmer&rsquo s age, education level, income, plantation, knowledge of human health and risk preference. The compensation threshold of externalities for TEPM was 5668.80 yuan per hectare per year. It is suggested that the government should adopt this threshold as a minimum subsidy to mitigate information asymmetry in two markets, namely ecological management technology and trading between suppliers and buyers of tea products. Finally, production stability and improved price for high quality tea resulting from healthy ecology in TEPM could enhance positive externalities. This coupled with other benefits, such as a reduction in the amount of resources spent on pesticides, could result in governmental subsidies for TEPM being gradually reduced over time. |
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