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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (27): 149-156.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0780

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Regional Differences, Influencing Factors and Path Analysis of Adoption of Efficient Water-Saving Agricultural Services for Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang

MA Yongren(), WANG Jiao(), ZHU Meiling   

  1. College of Economics and Management, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052
  • Received:2022-09-13 Revised:2022-12-26 Online:2023-09-25 Published:2023-09-22

Abstract:

Agricultural efficient water-saving service is an important means to promote the sustainable utilization of agricultural water-saving projects. Based on the field survey data of 2028 cotton farmers in south part, north part and east part of Xinjiang, this paper analyzed the behavior choices and paths of cotton farmers towards agricultural efficient water-saving services from the perspective of regional differences and cotton farmers' characteristics by using binary Logistic regression model. The results showed that, the significance of the government's promotion of efficient agricultural water-saving service on cotton farmers’ choice in southern Xinjiang, northern Xinjiang and eastern Xinjiang decreased in turn. The age of householder, education level and the proportion of household labor force had no significant influence on cotton farmers' choice of efficient water-saving agricultural service. The water-saving technical experience of householders, the degree of farmland fragmentation, the rate of irrigation water security and the number of water-saving irrigation service organizations had a significant influence on the cotton farmers' choice of efficient water-saving service behavior, and the influence degree was great. Finally, the paper proposed three development paths: improving water resources guarantee rate, strengthening scale management of small-scale farmers' land, and increasing the supply of efficient agricultural water-saving service organizations.

Key words: efficient water-saving services for agriculture, regional differences, influencing factors, cotton farmers, Xinjiang