%0 Journal Article
%T Farmers¡¯ Willingness to Participate in Small-Scale Farmland Water Conservation Construction in China
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%D 2017
%X Small-scale farmland water conservation facilities are ¡°the last mile¡± of irrigation works, and determine whether the large- and medium-scale water conservation projects financed by the government will provide the most value and maximum efficiency. Farmers play a primary role in the construction of small-scale farmland water conservation, while the government¡¯s role is only to encourage and subsidize such projects. Farmers¡¯ willingness to participate determines their behavior. This paper, firstly, uses a utility function for goods and water conservation facilities to solve the farmers¡¯ optimization problem. It puts forward six theoretical propositions about farmers¡¯ willingness to invest in small-scale farmland water conservation. Secondly, based on survey data in Hubei Province, China, the Heckman Two-step Model is used to analyze the factors affecting farmers¡¯ willingness to participate in construction of small-scale irrigation systems and the factors affecting the amount of investment that participants are willing to undertake.
%K Heckman Two-Step Model
%K Small-Scale Farmland Water Conservation
%K Farmers
%U http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=172&doi=10.11648/j.ijebo.20170502.12