How crop insurance influences agrochemical input use: Evidence from cotton farmers in China

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作者
Mao, Hui [1 ]
Chen, Shaojian [1 ,3 ]
Ying, RuiYao [2 ]
Fu, Yong [2 ]
机构
[1] Shaanxi Normal Univ, Northwest Inst Hist Environm & Socio Econ Dev, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[2] Nanjing Agr Univ, Coll Econ & Management, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[3] Shaanxi Normal Univ, Northwest Inst Hist Environm & Socio Econ Dev, Changan Campus 620,West Changan Ave, Xian 710119, Peoples R China
关键词
agrochemical use; cotton farmers; crop insurance; insurance terms; production scale; INDEX INSURANCE; MORAL HAZARD; AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE; ADOPTION; DECISIONS; CREDIT;
D O I
10.1111/1467-8489.12507
中图分类号
F3 [农业经济];
学科分类号
0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;
摘要
Crop insurance is critical in risk management in global agricultural production (e.g. by helping stabilise farmers' incomes in the long term and reducing risk-bearing costs). In this paper, using field survey data on cotton farmers in Xinjiang, China, we examine the influence of crop insurance on farmers' behaviours regarding agrochemical inputs and aim to investigate the synergy between crop insurance and reductions in fertiliser and pesticide usage. We find evidence that crop insurance significantly negatively affects farmers' use of fertilisers and pesticides, as well as significantly positively affects their adoption of green agricultural technologies (GAT) that can replace or complement traditional fertilisers and pesticides. Moreover, our results reveal that compared with small-scale farmers, crop insurance has a stronger effect on large-scale farmers' use of agrochemicals. Finally, when the insured amount is higher or the relative deductible is lower, farmers are more likely to reduce fertiliser and pesticide usage and adopt GAT. Overall, this paper scientifically identifies crop insurance can improve farmers' agrochemical input behaviour, by reducing farmers' use of traditional agrochemical inputs and increasing their adoption of GAT, which is of great significance for ensuring the safety of the agricultural ecological environment.
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页码:224 / 244
页数:21
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