Farmers' willingness to pay for groundwater protection
Farmers' willingness to pay for groundwater protection
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农民为地下水保护付费的意愿
DOI：
10.1029/1998wr900066
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发表时间：
1999
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
R. Zimmerman
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文献类型：
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作者：
E. Lichtenberg;R. Zimmerman
当前地下水保护政策的有效性在很大程度上取决于农民自愿遵守减少浸出措施，其中一个重要组成部分是他们愿意采取更昂贵的生产实践以防止化学品浸出。对大西洋中部地区1611名玉米和大豆种植者进行的原始调查数据被用来估计农民为防止农药渗入地下水而支付费用的意愿。结果表明，农民愿意支付更多的淋溶预防比非农业地下水消费者，无论是绝对的和相对于总收入。其主要动机似乎是对总体环境质量的关注，而不是保护饮用水或他们自己及其家人的健康和安全。有爱好的农民比有商业活动的农民愿意支付更多。获得认证的农药施用者愿意比没有认证的农民支付更少的费用。
The effectiveness of current groundwater protection policies depends largely on farmers' voluntary compliance with leaching reduction measures, an important component of which is their willingness to adopt costlier production practices in order to prevent leaching of chemicals. Data from an original survey of 1611 corn and soybean growers in the mid‐Atlantic region were used to estimate farmers' willingness to pay to prevent leaching of pesticides into groundwater. The results indicate that farmers are willing to pay more for leaching prevention than nonfarm groundwater consumers, both absolutely and relative to total income. The primary motivation appears to be concern for overall environmental quality rather than protection of drinking water or the health and safety of themselves and their families. Hobby farmers are willing to pay more than farmers with commercial activity. Certified pesticide applicators are willing to pay less than farmers without certification.