Abstract: To improve the efficiency of rural public goods supply， it is important to turn to demand\|dominant mode from the existed supply\|dominant mode. Farmer\|initiated contacts for public goods supply was the essential channel for their political participation. In the present study， the Logit regression analysis was carried out for farmer\|initiated contacts， which covered 3 categories of agricultural production， farmers life and rural environment comprising of 11 subclasses of rural public goods. It was shown that the most important factors affecting farmer\|initiated contacts were political efficacy and family members working away from home yearly， followed by the joining in the farmer association or specialized farmer cooperatives， family annual income and its square term. The mainstream viewpoint that perceived needs was the most consistently significant predictor of most types was not supported by the present research.

Key words: citizen\, initiated contacts, rural public goods supply, Hubei Province, farmer