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| Calculation of the compensation criteria for ecological environment conservation of farmland in Wuhan City |
| Yang Xin,Cai Yinying |
| College of Land Management,Huazhong Agricultural University,430070,Wuhan,China |
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Abstract In this paper,with contingent valuation method(CVM),an empirical study on farmers and urban residents in Wuhan was carried out and their willingness to accept and pay for farmland ecosystem service under different limits on pesticides and fertilizers application were revealed.Based on the result of statistical analysis of 366 questionnaires,it was showed that the most residents in Wuhan have recognized the importance of field ecological environment conservation. Under the different hypotheses,about 82.12% of citizens have a positive willingness to preserve the field ecoligical environment,while the farmers’ acceptation rate is 74.45%.Under the different hypotheses,the citizens’ willingness to pay(WTP) are between 3 351.53-7 277.25 yuan(RMB)/hm2,while the farmers’ willingness to accept(WTA) are between 3 866.55-7 624.43 yuan(RMB)/hm2.Both the WTP and WTA have a positive relationship with the pesticides and fertilizers application’ limitation extend.What’s more,the citizens’ WTP are obviously affected by their sex,education,marriage and engel coefficient.The farmers’sex,age,farming time and whether they do part-time job or not affect their WTA.
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Received: 04 July 2010
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