气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Effects of farmers' behavioral characteristics on crop choices and responses to water management policies

CCPortal

DOI	10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106693
	Effects of farmers' behavioral characteristics on crop choices and responses to water management policies
	Yuan, Shiwei; Li, Xin; Du, Erhu
通讯作者	Li, X (通讯作者)，Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Natl Tibetan Plateau Data Ctr, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China. ; Du, EH (通讯作者)，Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Environm Sci & Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0378-3774
EISSN	1873-2283
卷号	247
英文摘要	Understanding farmers' decision-making on crop choices and water use is essential for agricultural water resource management. However, previous studies have limited understanding of how farmers' behavioral characteristics affect their crop choices and water use in agricultural systems. To fill this research gap, in this study we develop an agent-based model (ABM) that incorporates two types of behavioral characteristics (i.e., perception to the uncertainty in future crop prices, planting cost and precipitation, and tolerance to the variation of crop profits) to investigate their effects on crop choices and water use under the influence of water management policies. The ABM is applied to the Heihe River Basin (HRB), an arid endorheic river basin in northwestern China as a demonstration. The modeling results show that farmers with adventurous perceptions and high tolerance level (Type I) tend to choose high-profit crops. They are more likely to have a single-crop pattern with high crop profits and high water consumption. In comparison, farmers with cautious perceptions and low tolerance level (Type II) prefer steady profit crops. They typically pay more attention to the variation of crop profits, resulting in a mixed crop pattern with low crop profits and low water consumption. In addition, the two types of farmers exhibit varied responses to water management policies. The Type I farmers are more sensitive to the changes in the volume of water permits and irrigation efficiency, and as a result, are more sensitive to the changes of water management policies than the Type II farmers do. We also find that the effects of farmers' behavioral characteristics vary at the irrigation district level, county level and entire study area level. These findings emphasize the importance of incorporating farmers' behavioral characteristics into crop choice and water use models. The modeling result could provide policy implications for designing location-based water management policies that account for the heterogeneity in farmers' behavioral characteristics and responses to water policies.
英文关键词	Agent-based model; Agricultural water management; Crop choice; Endorheic basin; Heihe River Basin
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Agriculture ; Water Resources
WOS类目	Agronomy ; Water Resources
WOS记录号	WOS:000617775600002
来源期刊	AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
来源机构	中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/254860
作者单位	[Yuan, Shiwei] Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, Key Lab Remote Sensing Gansu Prov, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China; [Li, Xin] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Natl Tibetan Plateau Data Ctr, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China; [Li, Xin] CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China; [Yuan, Shiwei; Li, Xin] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China; [Du, Erhu] Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Environm Sci & Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yuan, Shiwei,Li, Xin,Du, Erhu. Effects of farmers' behavioral characteristics on crop choices and responses to water management policies[J]. 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院,2021,247.
APA	Yuan, Shiwei,Li, Xin,&Du, Erhu.(2021).Effects of farmers' behavioral characteristics on crop choices and responses to water management policies.AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT,247.
MLA	Yuan, Shiwei,et al."Effects of farmers' behavioral characteristics on crop choices and responses to water management policies".AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT 247(2021).