Research on the Impact of Meteorological Disaster Shocks and Risk Perception on Farmers’ Cooperative Pest and Disease Control Behavior

Climate change, primarily characterized by rising global temperatures, has led to a continuous expansion in the area affected by pests and diseases. This poses a significant threat to national agricultural production and directly jeopardizes food security. Cooperative pest and disease control behavi...

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Main Authors: Zhiwu He, Xiuling Ding, Qian Lu
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/15/6/590
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description Climate change, primarily characterized by rising global temperatures, has led to a continuous expansion in the area affected by pests and diseases. This poses a significant threat to national agricultural production and directly jeopardizes food security. Cooperative pest and disease control behavior represents a novel approach to pest and disease management and is an important measure for mitigating agricultural production risks. This study employs Probit and IVProbit models to empirically examine the impact of meteorological disaster shocks on cooperative pest and disease control behavior. The results show that both meteorological disaster shocks and their frequency significantly and positively influence cooperative pest and disease control behavior. Moreover, the perception of risk losses plays a mediating role in this relationship. The impact of meteorological disaster shocks on farmers’ cooperative pest and disease control behavior is heterogeneous. Specifically, these shocks and their frequency significantly influence the choice of cooperative pest and disease control behavior among farmers with junior high school education or above and large-scale farmers, while they have no significant impact on farmers with primary school education or below and small-scale farmers.
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spelling doaj-art-fc50b9ed1a4145d18e52534e8e4e9cc42025-08-20T03:40:41ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722025-03-0115659010.3390/agriculture15060590Research on the Impact of Meteorological Disaster Shocks and Risk Perception on Farmers’ Cooperative Pest and Disease Control BehaviorZhiwu He0Xiuling Ding1Qian Lu2College of Economics & Management, Xi’an University, Xi’an 710065, ChinaCollege of Economics, Gansu University of Political Science and Law, Lanzhou 730070, ChinaCollege of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, ChinaClimate change, primarily characterized by rising global temperatures, has led to a continuous expansion in the area affected by pests and diseases. This poses a significant threat to national agricultural production and directly jeopardizes food security. Cooperative pest and disease control behavior represents a novel approach to pest and disease management and is an important measure for mitigating agricultural production risks. This study employs Probit and IVProbit models to empirically examine the impact of meteorological disaster shocks on cooperative pest and disease control behavior. The results show that both meteorological disaster shocks and their frequency significantly and positively influence cooperative pest and disease control behavior. Moreover, the perception of risk losses plays a mediating role in this relationship. The impact of meteorological disaster shocks on farmers’ cooperative pest and disease control behavior is heterogeneous. Specifically, these shocks and their frequency significantly influence the choice of cooperative pest and disease control behavior among farmers with junior high school education or above and large-scale farmers, while they have no significant impact on farmers with primary school education or below and small-scale farmers.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/15/6/590meteorological disaster shockscooperative pest and disease control behaviorrisk perceptionmediating effect
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Research on the Impact of Meteorological Disaster Shocks and Risk Perception on Farmers’ Cooperative Pest and Disease Control Behavior
Agriculture
meteorological disaster shocks
cooperative pest and disease control behavior
risk perception
mediating effect
title Research on the Impact of Meteorological Disaster Shocks and Risk Perception on Farmers’ Cooperative Pest and Disease Control Behavior
title_full Research on the Impact of Meteorological Disaster Shocks and Risk Perception on Farmers’ Cooperative Pest and Disease Control Behavior
title_fullStr Research on the Impact of Meteorological Disaster Shocks and Risk Perception on Farmers’ Cooperative Pest and Disease Control Behavior
title_full_unstemmed Research on the Impact of Meteorological Disaster Shocks and Risk Perception on Farmers’ Cooperative Pest and Disease Control Behavior
title_short Research on the Impact of Meteorological Disaster Shocks and Risk Perception on Farmers’ Cooperative Pest and Disease Control Behavior
title_sort research on the impact of meteorological disaster shocks and risk perception on farmers cooperative pest and disease control behavior
topic meteorological disaster shocks
cooperative pest and disease control behavior
risk perception
mediating effect
url https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/15/6/590
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