Determinants of Farmers’ Confidence in Agricultural Production Recovery during the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted the agricultural supply chain, export of agricultural products, and overall food security. However, minimal exploration has been attempted of farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study intend...

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Autores principales:	Yanqi Xie, Apurbo Sarkar, Md. Shakhawat Hossain, Ahmed Khairul Hasan, Xianli Xia
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 pandemic farmers’ confidence in recovery risk expectation social support intergenerational difference Agriculture (General) S1-972
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fd21d8b6b56748798d81601e2d441a982021-11-25T15:58:42ZDeterminants of Farmers’ Confidence in Agricultural Production Recovery during the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China10.3390/agriculture111110752077-0472https://doaj.org/article/fd21d8b6b56748798d81601e2d441a982021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/11/1075https://doaj.org/toc/2077-0472The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted the agricultural supply chain, export of agricultural products, and overall food security. However, minimal exploration has been attempted of farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study intends to explore the determinants of farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery in China during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, we analyzed the relationship between risk expectation and social support on the farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery by using the ordered probit model. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from February to March 2020 from 458 farm households in the 7 provinces of China to produce the findings. We found that the risk expectation of farmers had a significant negative impact on farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery. Social support seemingly had a significant positive impact on the farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery, and could play a supportive role in moderating the relationship between risk expectation and farmers’ confidence in recovery. However, social support alleviates the adverse effect of risk expectation on farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery to a certain extent. In addition, there were intergenerational differences in the effects of risk expectation and social support on farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery. These results imply that policies establishing the risk early warning mechanisms for agricultural production and strengthening the social support from governments and financial institutions are likely to significantly impact agricultural development in the post-COVID-19 era. The formal and informal risk minimization mechanisms should extend their support to vulnerable sectors such as agribusiness.Yanqi XieApurbo SarkarMd. Shakhawat HossainAhmed Khairul HasanXianli XiaMDPI AGarticleCOVID-19 pandemicfarmers’ confidence in recoveryrisk expectationsocial supportintergenerational differenceAgriculture (General)S1-972ENAgriculture, Vol 11, Iss 1075, p 1075 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 pandemic farmers’ confidence in recovery risk expectation social support intergenerational difference Agriculture (General) S1-972
spellingShingle	COVID-19 pandemic farmers’ confidence in recovery risk expectation social support intergenerational difference Agriculture (General) S1-972 Yanqi Xie Apurbo Sarkar Md. Shakhawat Hossain Ahmed Khairul Hasan Xianli Xia Determinants of Farmers’ Confidence in Agricultural Production Recovery during the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
description	The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted the agricultural supply chain, export of agricultural products, and overall food security. However, minimal exploration has been attempted of farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study intends to explore the determinants of farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery in China during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, we analyzed the relationship between risk expectation and social support on the farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery by using the ordered probit model. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from February to March 2020 from 458 farm households in the 7 provinces of China to produce the findings. We found that the risk expectation of farmers had a significant negative impact on farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery. Social support seemingly had a significant positive impact on the farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery, and could play a supportive role in moderating the relationship between risk expectation and farmers’ confidence in recovery. However, social support alleviates the adverse effect of risk expectation on farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery to a certain extent. In addition, there were intergenerational differences in the effects of risk expectation and social support on farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery. These results imply that policies establishing the risk early warning mechanisms for agricultural production and strengthening the social support from governments and financial institutions are likely to significantly impact agricultural development in the post-COVID-19 era. The formal and informal risk minimization mechanisms should extend their support to vulnerable sectors such as agribusiness.
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author	Yanqi Xie Apurbo Sarkar Md. Shakhawat Hossain Ahmed Khairul Hasan Xianli Xia
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title	Determinants of Farmers’ Confidence in Agricultural Production Recovery during the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
title_short	Determinants of Farmers’ Confidence in Agricultural Production Recovery during the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
title_full	Determinants of Farmers’ Confidence in Agricultural Production Recovery during the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
title_fullStr	Determinants of Farmers’ Confidence in Agricultural Production Recovery during the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
title_full_unstemmed	Determinants of Farmers’ Confidence in Agricultural Production Recovery during the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
title_sort	determinants of farmers’ confidence in agricultural production recovery during the early phases of the covid-19 pandemic in china
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Determinants of Farmers’ Confidence in Agricultural Production Recovery during the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

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