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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (20): 124-129.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.2013-0262

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Research of willingness of peasant households to adopt paid services of biogas follow-up management and influencing factors

  

  • Received:2013-01-24 Revised:2013-05-10 Online:2013-07-15 Published:2013-07-15

Abstract: From the angle of peasant households as service receptors, using the theory of reasoned action as the main supporting point, adopting the method of combination between a questionnaire survey and case interview, and using 7 sample villages throughout the country as the object, the adoption willingness of peasant households to the paid service of biogas follow-up management is studied and analyzed in this research.Some main conclusions are as follows: First, the peasant households had definite awareness and understanding for the paid services. Second ,the factors influencing included peasant household individual factors and environmental factors. peasant household individual factors: (1) the proportion of adoption willingness of peasant households decreased with increasing the householder age. (2) A significantly positive correlation was noted between the educational level of peasant households and the adoption willingness(3) A significantly positive correlation was marked between the income level of peasant households (4) A positive correlation was found between the cultivated land and the adoption willingness (5) Significant differences in the adoption willingness were marked among different planting structures (6) Significant differences in the adoption willingness were marked among different breeding structures environmental factors: (1) Significant differences in the cognition on biogas to improve environment function and the adoption willingness were noted among different peasant households. (2) Significant differences in the evaluation of peasant households for the service outlets and the adoption willingness were marked among different peasant households.