Study On The Intergenerational Differences Of Farmers’ Cognition Of Farmland Protection And Its Influencing Factors

In China where the contradiction between human and land is prominent,farmland plays an important role in ensuring food security,maintaining social stability and promoting economic growth.Although China attaches great importance to farmland protection,the situation of farmland protection is still severe.As the main body of farmland behavior,farmers play a decisive role in the protection of farmland,and the behavior of farmers’ use of farmland is determined by their cognition.With the changes of the times,the cognition of different generations of farmers’ farmland protection gradually differentiates.In order to explore the theoretical system of farmers’ cognition of farmland protection and understand its intergenerational differences and influencing factors,this paper takes Qingyang,Gansu Province as an example,through field visits to investigate farmers’ cognition of farmland protection.Firstly,we use Likert scale to construct the theoretical system of farmers’ cognition of farmland protection,then measure the cognition of farmers’ farmland protection empirically,then use independent sample t-test to analyze the intergenerational differences of farmers’ cognition of farmland protection,and finally use logistic model to study the influencing factors of farmers’ cognition of farmland protection.Through the research,the following conclusions are obtained:(1)The cognition of farmers’ farmland protection is the cognition and subjective psychological tendency of farmers’ attitude and values on farmland protection from their own value goals in a certain time and space,that is,the quantity,quality,function and ethics of farmland protection.(2)The overall reliability of the scale is 0.906 > 0.7,The reliability of each dimension is greater than 0.7,the internal consistency of the scale is good;the descriptive statistics KMO = 0.872 > 0.7,Bartlett’s spherical test SIG = 0.000 < 0.05,indicating that there is a correlation between variables;the standardized factor load factors of potential variables are all over the critical value of 0.5(0.56-0.82),passing the 5% significance level test,indicating that the model has a strong explanation;the root mean square of any potential variable Ave in the model(0.75-0.82)is greater than the absolute value of the correlation coefficient with other potential variables(0.66-0.81),passing the The first-order and second-order confirmatory factor analysis showed that the regionalization validity of each dimension was good.(3)The results show that the cognitive level of farmers’ cultivated land protection is concentrated between 3.5-4.0,there are 137,accounting for 33.83% of the total samples.The proportion of the samples whose score is between 1.5-2.0 and 4.5-5.0 is less,accounting for 4.2% and 0.74% respectively,a total of 20.The average cognitive level of farmers’ cultivated land protection is 3.52.The quantity cognition is concentrated between 3.5-4.0,a total of 155,accounting for 38.27% of the sample number,and the average quantity cognition level is 3.51;the quality cognition is concentrated between 3.5-4.0,164,accounting for 40.49% of the sample number,and the average quality cognition level is 3.53.Functional cognition is concentrated in the range of 3.0-3.5,123 in total,accounting for 30.37% of the total number of samples,and the average value of functional cognition is 3.19;ethical cognition is concentratedin the range of 3.0-3.5,146 in total,accounting for 36.05 of the total number of samples,and the average value is 3.36.The general level of quality cognition is higher than that of function cognition.The cognitive level of farmers’ cultivated land protection in the study area is not high,which has great potential for improvement,and deviates from the ideal cognitive level of cultivated land protection,which limits the improvement of the utilization efficiency of cultivated land to some extent.(4)There are significant differences in the quantity and function cognition of farmland,mainly between the old and the new generation,and between the Mesozoic and the new generation of farmers.For the cognition of farmland quantity,there are significant differences between the old generation and the new generation of farmers,and between the Mesozoic and the new generation of farmers in the three problems of"preventing or reporting illegal occupation of farmland","planting only crops in their own farmland","I will save the use of farmland and avoid waste";the problem of"want to cultivate more wasteland" between the Mesozoic and the new generation and the old generation of farmers The difference is significant.For the cognition of farmland function,there are significant differences between the old generation and the new generation,and between the Mesozoic and the new generation in the two issues of "farmland can conserve soil and water,and" farmland can bring beautiful rural scenery ".(5)In the individual characteristics of farmers,age,education level,gender,part-time employment level and years of agricultural production have significant impact on Farmers’ cognition of farmland protection;in the endowment of farmland resources,the distance between farmland and road has significant negative impact on the new generation and Mesozoic farmers;in the external environmental factors,participation in agricultural skills training and media publicity has significant impact on Farmers’ cognition of farmland protection Significant impact.Based on the above research results,the following policy recommendations are put forward:(1)to enhance the publicity of farmland protection and improve farmers’ awareness.(2)We will improve the mechanism of responsibility for farmland protection and enhance farmers’ awareness of responsibility for farmland protection.(3)Protect the farmland environment and promote the development of rural service industry.(4)Compensation for the externality of farmland.