Abstract
Over the past decade, crop residue burning after harvest is prevalent in developing countries. Promoting crop residue retention to replace residue burning is effective in improving air quality and contributing to the mitigation of global climate change. This study examines farmers’ continuance intention of crop residue retention, using the expectation confirmation model (ECM) and survey data from 542 rice farmers in Hubei Province, P.R. The results show that farmers’ perceived usefulness, confirmation, perceived ease of use, and satisfaction significantly have direct or indirect positive impacts on their continuance intention on adopting crop residue retention. In particular, perceived ease of use contributes the most. Perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use act as intermediaries in the relationship between confirmation and farmers’ continuance intention to residue retention. This study provides a valuable governance reference and scientific basis for the government to adjust and improve existing policies, including how to stimulate farmers to continue to adopt agricultural waste treatment technologies such as residue retention.
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In the past few years, levels of smog caused by crop residues burning throughout China resulted in the deterioration of air quality, creating a significant threat to human health [4,5]
Approximate sampling on the satisfaction of residue retention is not statistically significant path distribution, and selects the confidence interval of 95% confidence to
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. It is common to burn crop residues after harvest in developing countries [1], and. As the world’s largest producer of crop residues, China produces almost 20% of the global total crop residues each year [2]. It is estimated that one-quarter of crop residues in China are burned in the fields [3]. Crop residue burning can affect both human health and global climate change. In the past few years, levels of smog caused by crop residues burning throughout China resulted in the deterioration of air quality, creating a significant threat to human health (e.g., lung diseases and premature death) [4,5]
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