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Determinants of farmers’ willingness to adopt and willingness to pay for biodegradable mulch films in China

Yang, Wei
Qi, J
Tantiwat, Waranan
Arif, Muhammad
Lu, Y
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This paper employs a double hurdle model to explore the factors affecting farmers’ willingness to adopt and willingness to pay for biodegradable mulch films using the sample data from Yunnan China. The results show farmers follow a two-stage decision-making process, and some factors, such as income, only affect farmers’ willingness to adopt but not willingness to pay. The role of technology-specific characteristics is more important than adopter-specific characteristics in the adoption of BDMs. Understanding the impact of factors on farmers’ decision-making process can assist policymakers in designing programs, specifically tackling difficulties confronting farmers at different stages of decision-making.
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