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Study on willingness and factors influencing new occupational farmers adoption of participation in skills training—Empirical analysis of planting farmers

  

  1. (Institute of Rural Development, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China)
  • Online:2014-09-25 Published:2014-10-11

Abstract: In this study, empirical analysis was estimated to analyze the determinants of new occupational farmers adoption willingness based on survey data of 230 above scale planting farmers in Zhejiang province. It was shown that new occupational farmers who were willing to participate skilled training were obviously more than those who were unwilling. Besides, gender, education, experience, income structure, technical problems, perception of skills on income increase, perception of training on income increase, perception of subsidy, perception of requirements of external environment on skills had a significant effect on the willingness of participation in skills training.

Key words: new occupational farmers, skill training, training willingness, influencing factors