Study On The Impact Of Livelihood Capital On Farmers’ Behavior In Using Drip Irrigation Technology Under Mulch

Along with ecological environment worsening day by day,one of the key factors restricting agricultural development is the lack of water resource.In our country,we have realized the existence and urgency of water resource crisis,drought and lack of water have severely hindered the development of agriculture.Agriculture is the biggest water-saving department in our country and has broad space for water-saving.So vigorously implementing water-saving agriculture and promoting water-saving technology is of important significance to the alleviation of water shortage at present.One of the most typical water-saving technologies is drip irrigation under membrane.Currently,there are few studies on drip irrigation under membrane in rural areas of Chudun,Shandong Province.Existing studies focus on the impact of livelihood capital on farmers’ technology use behavior,but there are few studies on the influencing factors of whether farmers use drip irrigation under membrane with livelihood capital as the starting point.And the results of analysis on livelihood capital index are rare.Therefore,this thesis takes Chudun area of Shandong Province as the research area.Based on the data of 309 household questionnaires,the thesis uses entropy method to construct the livelihood capital index system of households in Chudun area from the perspective of household differentiation and combined with the local conditions.A binary Logistic regression model was established to analyze the influence of various livelihood capital indexes on farmers’ use behavior of drip irrigation technology under membrane,providing a scientific basis for improving the use rate of drip irrigation technology under membrane in Chudun area.The results show that there are 109 pure farmers and 204 part-time farmers in the sample.Among the pure farmers,82 households used drip irrigation under film,while 27 households did not.Among the concurrent households,157 households used drip irrigation under film,and 47 households did not use drip irrigation under film.Moreover,the willingness of part-time households to use drip irrigation technology under film is higher than that of pure farmers.The regression results of the impact of livelihood capital on the use behavior of farmers under membrane drip irrigation technology from the perspective of farmer differentiation show that,from the perspective of natural capital,the degree of land fragmentation is significantly positively correlated with whether farmers use membrane drip irrigation technology,and in the sample population,both pure farmers and part-time households are significantly affected by the degree of land fragmentation.In the sample population,the per capita cultivated land area was significantly positively correlated with whether farmers used drip irrigation under film.From the perspective of human capital,the education level of the household head has a significant positive correlation with whether farmers use drip irrigation technology,and the family population has a significant negative correlation with whether farmers use drip irrigation technology,and the effect of pure farmers is small and the significance is not obvious.From the perspective of material capital,whether the sample population,pure farmers or full-time households,whether there are Wells near the land is significantly positively correlated with whether farmers use drip irrigation technology under film,and all are greatly affected by it.The material capital has little influence on the cost,scale and maintenance frequency of drip irrigation used by pure farmers and part-time households.From the perspective of social capital,there is a significant positive correlation between the degree of help of the village neighbors in the sample population and whether farmers use drip irrigation technology under film.Moreover,in the sample population and the sample of pure farmers,whether local drip irrigation sellers provide installation services is significantly positive correlation with whether farmers use drip irrigation technology under film.There is a significant positive correlation between whether local sellers provide recycling services and whether part-time households use drip irrigation technology under film,and social capital has the greatest impact on the cost,scale and frequency of drip irrigation use and maintenance of pure farmers and part-time households.Based on the research on the influence of farmers’ behavior in using drip irrigation technology under membrane,combined with the development status of drip irrigation technology under membrane in Chudun area,in order to promote the wide application of drip irrigation technology,this paper proposes constructive suggestions from the government,farmers and sellers of drip irrigation under membrane technology: The government should increase the investment in the use of drip irrigation technology under membrane,establish a sound technical service system,ensure the smooth implementation of technology promotion,improve farmers’ professional knowledge and cultural level,cultivate the awareness of autonomous use of drip irrigation technology,take corresponding incentive measures for different types of farmers,and carry out various forms of drip irrigation technology training.