Farmers' Heterogeneous Willingness to Pay for Farmland Non-Market Goods and Services on the Basis of a Mixed Logit Model-A Case Study of Wuhan, China

被引:19
作者
Yang, Xin [1 ]
Zhang, Anlu [1 ]
Zhang, Fan [2 ]
机构
[1] Huazhong Agr Univ, Coll Land Management, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Western Australia, Sch Agr & Environm, Crawley 6009, Australia
基金
中国国家自然科学基金; 中国博士后科学基金;
关键词
farmland non-market value; willingness to pay; mixed logit; preference heterogeneity; farmers; CULTIVATED LAND PROTECTION; CHOICE EXPERIMENT; PUBLIC PREFERENCES; ECOLOGICAL COMPENSATION; POLICY; PRESERVATION; BENEFITS; DESIGN; IMPROVEMENTS; PROGRAM;
D O I
10.3390/ijerph16203876
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The exploration of different stakeholders' heterogeneous willingness to pay for farmland ecological value is a fundamental part of understanding the total value of farmland protection and designing a scientific farmland protection policy. Unlike the homogenous assumption used in the previous studies, the mixed logit model of choice experiment method was applied to estimate respondents' heterogeneous willingness to pay for farmland non-market value (represented by farmland area, farmland fertility, water quality, air quality, species richness, and recreational value) in this study. Data came from a sample of 289 farmers in Wuhan, China who were face-to-face interviewed. Results showed that: (1) Farmers were unsatisfied with the status quo of the present farmland ecological environment and were willing to pay to preserve all the attributes of farmland non-market value. (2) Farmers had a heterogeneous preference for the status quo and recreational value-the error variances of these two attributes were both significant at the 1% level, and their willingness to pay for the farmland non-market value in Wuhan was 1141.88 Yuan/hm(2). (3) Farmers' cognition degree of farmland importance and whether respondents bought medical insurance or not had significant impacts on their willingness to pay. The results can provide the basic foundation for accurate valuation of farmland non-market services, help farmland regulators make the right farmland conversion decisions, and improve the resource allocation efficiency of local financial expenditure during farmland protection in Wuhan.
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