A Study on the Effect of Learning Ability on the Production and Management Behavior of New Professional Farmers – The Intermediary Role of Policy Cognition

Abstract

The production and management behavior of new professional farmers is the key to agricultural development as well as agricultural and rural modernization. The research on the influencing factors of farmers’ production and management behavior is of great significance to rural economic development and rural revitalization. In view of this, based on the survey data of 487 new professional farmers in Jiangxi Province, this paper discusses the relationship between the learning ability of these farmers and their production and management behavior, revealing the intermediary role of policy cognition. The results indicate that learning ability has a significant positive impact on production and management behavior, and policy cognition is an intermediary variable between learning ability and production and management behavior. Learning ability has a significant positive impact on policy cognition, whereas policy cognition has a significant negative impact on production and management behavior.