Farmer’s behavior intention and behavioral response transformation paths in management and maintenance of land consolidation projects: empirical analysis from four typical towns of Huaining County in Anhui Province, China

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.06.19

Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (6): 1128-1140.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.06.19

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Farmer’s behavior intention and behavioral response transformation paths in management and maintenance of land consolidation projects: empirical analysis from four typical towns of Huaining County in Anhui Province, China

CAI Jun(), ZHOU Xiaoyu^*()

College of Economic and Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China

Received:2020-09-13 Online:2021-06-25 Published:2021-06-25
Contact: ZHOU Xiaoyu

Abstract

Abstract:

In order to promote the management and maintenance of land consolidation projects (LCPs), and to explore the farmer’s behavior intention (BI) and behavioral response (BR) transformation paths, 475 samples in Huaining Country, Anhui Province, were quantitatively analyzed by strucutral equation modeling (SEM) based on the analytical framework of improved plan behavior theory. It was shown that farmers recognized the positive benefits of the management and maintenance of LCPs. The guarantee rate of irrigation and drainage and the accessibility of field roads were the focus of attention. The external influence from the government and the professional cooperative organization played large role. The lack of confidence of farmers in achieving the goal of management and maintenance of LCPs and capital cost were the prominent obstacle factors. Solution of the bottleneck of capital investment, and establishment of a grassroots organizational structure and improvement of the management and maintenance system were the focus in the government support. The order of the latent variable effects that affected farmer’s BI to BR was subjective norm (SN)<behavior attitude (BA)<perceptual behavior control (PBC)<government support (GS). The farmer’s BR followed the five path of BA→BI→BR, SN→BI→BR, PBC→BI→BR, GS→BI→BR and GS→BR. BI played a mediating role to BR. Thus, respecting the farmer’s will was important for the smooth and continuous promotion of the management and maintenance of LCPs. The inseparability, non-exclusivity and competition of the utility of quasi-public goods in the management and maintenance of LCPs largely limited the effect of the internal “spontaneous” driving force of the farmer’s BR, while GS of the external “induced” driving force played a leading role. It was suggested to increase policy publicity, ensure sufficient funds, build a platform for farmers to participate, and establish a system in the management and maintenance of LCPs, so as to boost the transformation of farmer’s BI to BR.

Key words: land consolidation, management and maintenance, government support, improved planned behavior theory, behavior intention, behavior response

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CAI Jun, ZHOU Xiaoyu. Farmer’s behavior intention and behavioral response transformation paths in management and maintenance of land consolidation projects: empirical analysis from four typical towns of Huaining County in Anhui Province, China[J]. Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis, 2021, 33(6): 1128-1140.

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指标Index	特征Characteristic	频数Frequency	比重Proportion/%
性别Gender	男Man	261	54.9
	女Woman	214	45.1
年龄Year	≥65	118	24.9
	50~64	157	33.1
	40~49	95	19.9
	30~39	66	13.8
	<30	39	8.3
文化程度Education	大专及以上College degree and above	52	11.0
	高中Senior high	135	28.4
	初中 Junior high	155	32.6
	小学及以下Primary and below	133	28.0
家庭成员数量	1~3	138	29.0
Family population	4~7	196	41.2
	8~10	129	27.1
	≥11	12	2.7
社会职务Social position	村干部Village cadre	53	11.1
	合作组织干部Cadre of cooperative organization	39	8.2
	合作组织成员Member of cooperative organization	82	17.3
	未入合作组织农户Not involved in cooperative organization	301	63.4
意愿Behavior intention	不愿意Unwillingness	131	27.6
	不同程度愿意Varying degrees of willingness	344	72.4
行为响应	未响应Not responding	243	51.2
Behavior response	不同程度响应Varying degrees of response	232	48.8

指标Index	特征Characteristic	频数Frequency	比重Proportion/%
性别Gender	男Man	261	54.9
	女Woman	214	45.1
年龄Year	≥65	118	24.9
	50~64	157	33.1
	40~49	95	19.9
	30~39	66	13.8
	<30	39	8.3
文化程度Education	大专及以上College degree and above	52	11.0
	高中Senior high	135	28.4
	初中 Junior high	155	32.6
	小学及以下Primary and below	133	28.0
家庭成员数量	1~3	138	29.0
Family population	4~7	196	41.2
	8~10	129	27.1
	≥11	12	2.7
社会职务Social position	村干部Village cadre	53	11.1
	合作组织干部Cadre of cooperative organization	39	8.2
	合作组织成员Member of cooperative organization	82	17.3
	未入合作组织农户Not involved in cooperative organization	301	63.4
意愿Behavior intention	不愿意Unwillingness	131	27.6
	不同程度愿意Varying degrees of willingness	344	72.4
行为响应	未响应Not responding	243	51.2
Behavior response	不同程度响应Varying degrees of response	232	48.8

潜变量 Latent variable	一致性系数 Consistency coefficient	KMO	测量变量 Observation variable	平均值 Mean	标准差 Standard deviation
BI:行为意愿 Behavior intention	0.872	0.736	BI₁:愿意参与后期管护 Willing to participate in the management and maintenance	3.45	1.09
			BI₂:建议他人参与后期管护 Advise others to participate in the management and maintenance	3.62	1.23
			BI₃:愿意劝阻毁损Be willing to discourage damage	3.17	0.99
BR:行为响应	0.835	0.812	BR₁:设施管护积极程度Facility management activity level	2.37	0.89
Behavioral response			BR₂:纠纷调处Dispute mediation	2.69	1.34
			BR₃:参与日常巡查Participate in daily inspection	2.78	1.08
BA:行为态度	0.791	0.712	BA₁:田块规模效益Field economies of scale	2.68	0.87
Behavior attitude			BA₂:灌排保证率Guarantee rate of irrigation and drainage	4.52	0.97
			BA₃:田间道路通达度Accessibility of field road	4.39	0.82
			BA₄:民主治理度提高Improvement in democratic governance	2.79	0.99
			BA₅:田园风光Idyllic scenery	2.85	0.89
SN:主观规范	0.839	0.859	SN₁:政府部门行动倡导Advocacy from government	4.36	0.74
Subjective norm			SN₂:村委会意见Opinion of village committee	2.87	0.89
			SN₃:专业合作组织的主张 Advocate from professional cooperative organizations	4.51	0.81
			SN₄:家庭成员的主张Claim from family members	3.22	0.87
			SN₅:集体经济组织成员的主张 Advocate of collective economic organization members	3.17	0.78
PBC:知觉行为控制 Perceptual	0.875	0.837	PBC₁:达成后期管护目标认知 To achieve cognition of the management and maintenance goal	4.07	0.92
behavior control			PBC₂:政策理解能力Policy understanding	3.14	0.86
			PBC₃:信息获取渠道Access to information	2.86	0.83
			PBC₄:承受的时间成本Bearable cost of time	2.87	0.91
			PBC₅:承受的资金成本Bearable cost of capital	4.36	0.87
GS:政府支持	0.821	0.793	GS₁:资金投入瓶颈Capital input bottleneck	4.41	0.74
Government support			GS₂:政府加大政策宣传力度Intensified policy publicity of government	3.24	0.86
			GS₃:提供后期管护技术培训 Provide technical training for the management and maintenance	3.42	1.14
			GS₄:建立基层组织结构Establish a grassroots organizational structure	3.91	0.72
			GS₅:建立后期管护制度体系 Establish the management and maintenance system	4.25	1.01

潜变量 Latent variable	一致性系数 Consistency coefficient	KMO	测量变量 Observation variable	平均值 Mean	标准差 Standard deviation
BI:行为意愿 Behavior intention	0.872	0.736	BI₁:愿意参与后期管护 Willing to participate in the management and maintenance	3.45	1.09
			BI₂:建议他人参与后期管护 Advise others to participate in the management and maintenance	3.62	1.23
			BI₃:愿意劝阻毁损Be willing to discourage damage	3.17	0.99
BR:行为响应	0.835	0.812	BR₁:设施管护积极程度Facility management activity level	2.37	0.89
Behavioral response			BR₂:纠纷调处Dispute mediation	2.69	1.34
			BR₃:参与日常巡查Participate in daily inspection	2.78	1.08
BA:行为态度	0.791	0.712	BA₁:田块规模效益Field economies of scale	2.68	0.87
Behavior attitude			BA₂:灌排保证率Guarantee rate of irrigation and drainage	4.52	0.97
			BA₃:田间道路通达度Accessibility of field road	4.39	0.82
			BA₄:民主治理度提高Improvement in democratic governance	2.79	0.99
			BA₅:田园风光Idyllic scenery	2.85	0.89
SN:主观规范	0.839	0.859	SN₁:政府部门行动倡导Advocacy from government	4.36	0.74
Subjective norm			SN₂:村委会意见Opinion of village committee	2.87	0.89
			SN₃:专业合作组织的主张 Advocate from professional cooperative organizations	4.51	0.81
			SN₄:家庭成员的主张Claim from family members	3.22	0.87
			SN₅:集体经济组织成员的主张 Advocate of collective economic organization members	3.17	0.78
PBC:知觉行为控制 Perceptual	0.875	0.837	PBC₁:达成后期管护目标认知 To achieve cognition of the management and maintenance goal	4.07	0.92
behavior control			PBC₂:政策理解能力Policy understanding	3.14	0.86
			PBC₃:信息获取渠道Access to information	2.86	0.83
			PBC₄:承受的时间成本Bearable cost of time	2.87	0.91
			PBC₅:承受的资金成本Bearable cost of capital	4.36	0.87
GS:政府支持	0.821	0.793	GS₁:资金投入瓶颈Capital input bottleneck	4.41	0.74
Government support			GS₂:政府加大政策宣传力度Intensified policy publicity of government	3.24	0.86
			GS₃:提供后期管护技术培训 Provide technical training for the management and maintenance	3.42	1.14
			GS₄:建立基层组织结构Establish a grassroots organizational structure	3.91	0.72
			GS₅:建立后期管护制度体系 Establish the management and maintenance system	4.25	1.01

检验量 Inspection	适拟合优度统计指标 Adaptation index	统计值 Actual fit	标准值 Judging criteria
绝对拟合优度指标	χ²/df	2.275	<3.00
Absolute fit index	GFI	0.935	>0.90
	AGFI	0.968	>0.90
	RMR	0.042	<0.08
增值拟合优度指标	NFI	0.937	>0.90
Value-added adaptation index	RFI	0.924	>0.90
精简拟合优度指标	PGFI	0.801	>0.50
Simple adaptation index	PNFI	0.704	>0.50

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潜变量 Latent variable	测量变量 Measurement variable	标准化载荷系数 Standardized load factor	潜变量 Latent variable	测量变量 Measurement variable	标准化载荷系数 Standardized load factor
BI	BI₁	0.878^***	BR	BR₁	0.812^***
	BI₂	0.835^***		BR₂	0.775^**
	BI₃	0.765^**		BR₃	0.675^**
BA	BA₁	0.705^**	PBC	PBC₁	0.857^***
	BA₂	0.871^***		PBC₂	0.685^**
	BA₃	0.887^***		PBC₃	0.696^**
	BA₄	0.693^***		PBC₄	0.708^***
	BA₅	0.722^**		PBC₅	0.873^***
SN	SN₁	0.881^***	GS	GS₁	0.864^***
	SN₂	0.665^**		GS₂	0.665^***
	SN₃	0.895^***		GS₃	0.722^***
	SN₄	0.691^**		GS₄	0.814^***
	SN₅	0.708^**		GS₅	0.865^***

路径 Path	标准化路径系数 Standardized path coefficient	假说检验 Hypothesis testing
BA→BI	0.252^***	证实H1 Testify H1
BA→BR	0.038	证伪H2 Falsify H2
SN→BI	0.154^***	证实H3 Testify H3
SN→BR	-0.008	证伪H4 Falsify H4
PBC→BI	0.263^***	证实H5 Testify H5
PBC→BR	-0.042	证伪H6 Falsify H6
GS→BI	0.287^**	证实H7 Testify H7
GS→BR	0.456^***	证实H8 Testify H8
GI→BR	0.147^***	证实H10Testify H10

效应类型Effect type	BA	SN	PBC	BI	GS
直接效应Direct effect	—	—	—	0.147^**	0.456^**
间接效应Indirect effect	0.036^**(0.037)	0.021^**(0.048)	0.038^**(0.021)	—	0.042^**
总效应Total effect	0.036^**(0.037)	0.021^**(0.048)	0.038^**(0.021)	0.147^**	0.498^**

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