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Relationship Between Livestock Pollution and the Environmental Behaviour of Farmers: A Case Study of Xiantao, China


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Livestock pollution is the main source of environmental pollution in rural areas. To explore the effects of the farmers’ environmental behaviour on livestock pollution using the questionnaire and interview methods, the environmental cognition of farmers and their willingness to practice faeces decontamination in livestock breeding were analysed with survey data collected from 80 farmers in Xiantao of China, on September 2016. Results show that the environmental cognition of farmers is related to the status of rural development. In addition, when the farmers’ educational level is high, the environmental cognition is also high. The farmers’ environmental behaviour is also influenced by their state of environmental cognition and willingness to practice faeces decontamination. Production scale and government policies are also important factors affecting the behaviours of farmers. The choice of faeces decontamination has a positive interrelated relationship with the education levels of farmers, as well as the livestock breeding scale and time. This study’s findings provide guidelines on the formulation of relevant policies to control pollution resulting from livestock farming.

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Livestock Breeding, Pollution, Farmers’ Environmental, Behaviour.
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Li Li
School of Arts and Law, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China

Abstract


Livestock pollution is the main source of environmental pollution in rural areas. To explore the effects of the farmers’ environmental behaviour on livestock pollution using the questionnaire and interview methods, the environmental cognition of farmers and their willingness to practice faeces decontamination in livestock breeding were analysed with survey data collected from 80 farmers in Xiantao of China, on September 2016. Results show that the environmental cognition of farmers is related to the status of rural development. In addition, when the farmers’ educational level is high, the environmental cognition is also high. The farmers’ environmental behaviour is also influenced by their state of environmental cognition and willingness to practice faeces decontamination. Production scale and government policies are also important factors affecting the behaviours of farmers. The choice of faeces decontamination has a positive interrelated relationship with the education levels of farmers, as well as the livestock breeding scale and time. This study’s findings provide guidelines on the formulation of relevant policies to control pollution resulting from livestock farming.

Keywords


Livestock Breeding, Pollution, Farmers’ Environmental, Behaviour.

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