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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2018, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (7): 137-145.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20180715

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Influence of Individual Endowment and Cognition on the Behavior of Farmers in Forestland Circulation: Based on the View of Intention-Behavior Consistency

Gao Lan1,2, Xu Dongmei2   

  1. 1. College of Economics and Management, South China Agricultural University Guangzhou 510642;
    2. College of Economics and Management, Shihezi University Shihezi 832000
  • Received:2017-07-14 Revised:2018-01-25 Online:2018-07-25 Published:2018-08-11

Abstract: [Objective] Based on the three realistic backgrounds of the "non-standard" behavior and the mandatory behavior of large scale land resources concentrated from administrative intervention in the land market, as well as the large differences of research conclusion of literatures, the paper discusses again the affecting factors of farmers behavior in forestland transferring scientifically and rigorously as the view of intention-behavior consistency from the aspect of individual endowment and cognition by subdividing sample data, and provides reference for promoting forest land transferring orderly, normally and sustainably.[Method] The method of binary Logistic model is used to establish four models for exploring the affecting factors of farmers intention and behavior in forestland circulation through the two reference groups of "no behavior, no intention" and "no behavior, with intention". The samples screen out the data of "behavior; with no intention"(mandatory behavior), "early behavior" and other disturbing conclusion.[Result] The characteristics of farmers who participated actually transfer-in forestland are higher per capita income, lower non-agricultural income, more planting timber forest, stronger attitude of forestland management and recognition. The characteristics of farmers who participated actually transfer-out forestland are higher per capita income, lower degree of farming, larger forestland area, lower degree of forestland fragment, more planting timber forest, stronger forestland management and risk falling cognition and recognition. Generally, comparing with farmers who fail to put their intention into action, the other farmers who took action actually of transfer-in forestland show that higher degree of education, higher per capita income, higher ratio of non-agricultural income, larger forestland area, more planting timber forest and more risk increasing cognition. Comparing with farmers who fail to put their intention into action, the other farmers who took action actually of transfer-out forestland show that older, larger forestland area, lower degree of forestland fragment, weaker forestland management cognition and stranger risk falling cognition.[Conclusion] Family capital is the key factor that successful contract behavior of farmers in forestland circulation. The affecting factors of behavior that farmers transfer-in forestland are household incomes per capita, non-agricultural income, forest category, the attitude of forestland management and forestland circulation cognition. The affecting factors of behavior that farmers transfer-out forestland are household incomes per capita, forestland area, the occupation of a household head, the degree of forestland fragment, forest category, the attitude of forestland management, risk perception and forestland circulation cognition. Due to restricting from factors, a large number of farmers fail to put their intention into action. Such as political resources, behavior ability and family capital constraints farmers transfer in forestland, and resources endowment(such as small scale, the degree of fragment) constraints farmers transfer out forestland. At the same time, there are many differences between the group that farmers have participated forestlands circulation actually and the group that who farmers have intention participated forestland circulation but no action. The proportion from administrative intervention promoting forestland market allocation is higher. Therefore, in order to effectively improve the contract ratio of forestland circulation, it is necessary to improve the institutional system, grasp the scale of administrative intervention, give full play to the functions of the government, and strengthen the construction of social security in rural areas.

Key words: farmers, forestland circulation, individual endowment and cognition, influence factors, intention-behavior consistency

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