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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2020, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (6): 152-164.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20200615

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Impact of Industrial Organization Model on Ecological Management of Economic Forest Growers

Bowei Li1,Zhen Zhu2,*,Yueqin Shen1   

  1. 1. College of Economics and Management, Zhejiang A&F University Hangzhou 311300
    2. Zhejiang Province Key Cultivating Think Tank--Research Academy for Rural Revitalization of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University Hangzhou 311300
  • Received:2019-05-15 Online:2020-06-25 Published:2020-07-17
  • Contact: Zhen Zhu

Abstract:

Objective: From the perspective of industrial organization,this paper analyzes the behavioral mechanism of ecological management adopted by farmer households and uses the survey data of economic forest growers in Zhejiang Province to empirically test the effect of different organization models on the whole process's ecological management of economic forest planting. Method: Typical sampling and random sampling were used to conduct field survey on economic forest growers in Zhejiang Province in 2018, and obtained 429 valid samples. The impact of industrial organization model on ecological management is preliminarily analyzed by using Order-Probit model and Probit model as the benchmark model,and then uses Propensity Score Matching (PSM) model to eliminate selective bias. Result: The average treatment effect on the treated (ATT) estimation of PSM showed that:1) Farmers' cooperative model increases the overall score of farmers' ecological management by 0.557 4 on average,significant at the level of 1%. Farmers' cooperative model increases the probability of adopting interplanting,artificial weeding,soil testing formula fertilization,reducing the intensity of fertilization,green fruit treatment and exocarp treatment by 14.95%,19.9%,33.66%,17.18%,26.38%,and 22.06%,all significant at the level of 5% at least. 2) Company & farmer cooperative model (the companies and farmers establish a stable cooperative relationship in the production and marketing links) increases the overall score of farmer's ecological management by 0.388 2 on average,significant at the level of 5%. Company & farmer cooperative model has no significant effect on reducing the intensity of pesticide application,but it makes the probability of adopting interplanting,artificial weeding,soil testing formula fertilization,green fruit treatment,exocarp treatment technology increased by 12.94%,9.82%,17.65%,16.18% and 16.83% respectively,all significant at the level of 10% at least. 3) Market contract model (the dealers and farmers establish a stable supply and marketing relationship) can not significantly improve the overall score of ecological management. Market contract model only increases the probability of adopting exocarp treatment technology by 11.88% at a significant level of 10%. The ATT estimations for other ecological technologies are not significant. The average treatment effect on the untreated (ATU) estimation of PSM showed that:1) If farmers who do not join farmers' cooperative join the farmers' cooperative,the overall score of ecological management will increase by 0.550 9 on average; 2) If farmers who do not join company & farmer cooperative join the company & farmer cooperative,the overall score of ecological management will increase by 0.465 6 on average; 3) If farmers who do not join market contract model join market contract model,the overall score of ecological management increased by 0.210 6 on average. Conclusion: 1) The level of ecological management of economic forest planting during the whole production process is generally low,correspondingly,the adoption rate of each single ecological technology is low. 2) The promotion effect of market contract organization model on ecological management of economic forest planting during the whole production process is not significant. Farmers' cooperative model has a greater effect on promoting the ecological management of economic forest planting than the company & farmer cooperative model. 3) On the situation of improving the level of production organization in the future,the ecological management during the whole process of economic forest planting still has the potential to improve. Comparing the potential of ecological management of economic forest planting under different organization models,they ranked in the following order:farmers' cooperative model > company & farmer cooperative model > market contract model. 4) Male householder,education and technical training can significantly promote the whole process of eco-management of economic forest planting,and the increase in non-agricultural employment will significantly inhibit economic forest growers to adopt the whole process of ecological management.

Key words: industrial organization, ecological management, organization model, economic forest, household

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