Volume 1 (2025)

Journal Paper

The Development of a Model for Farmers' Intention to Use Low-Carbon Technology in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, China

Author: Lanming Lin, Napawan Netpradit, Pichaphob Panphae  PDF

Article 24

Abstract- This article aims to 1) Study the importance of subjective norms, information and access to information, perceived ease of use of technology, perceived benefits of used technologies, and intention to use low-carbon technologies among farmers in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, China. 2) Study the relationships among subjective norms, information and access to information, perceived ease of use of technology, perceived benefits of used technologies on farmers' intention to use low-carbon technologies in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, China. 3) Study the patterns of farmers' intention to use low-carbon technologies in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, China. The research instruments were questionnaires and interviews. The samples were 500 farmers involved in large-scale agricultural production in Peicheng District, Anzhou District, Santai County, Yanting County, and Pingwu County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. The primary informants were 25 farmers in Peicheng Town, Anzhou Town, Santai Town, Yanting Town, and Pingwu Town. The results of the study were agricultural cooperatives in cooperation with the local government of Mianyang City. Training farmers, using the research results as part of developing farmers' knowledge and skills in agricultural low-carbon technologies. The use of the research results can help cooperatives design incentives to encourage farmers to actively adopt low-carbon technologies, and establish demonstration bases to show farmers advanced ways to apply low-carbon technologies in agriculture. The study results will provide both theoretical and empirical support for promoting agricultural decarbonization in Sichuan Province, and provide suggestions for relevant policies and practices. Establishing continuous monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to better understand the consistent adoption of agricultural low-carbon technologies by farmers, and provide a basis for the government to adjust promotion strategies. This will help promote the promotion of agricultural low-carbon technologies, reduce carbon emissions, and help achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality targets by 2030.

Keywords:

Subjective Norms Information Access Perceived Ease Perceived Benefits Technology Use Intention

Cite: Lin, L., Netpradit, N., & Panphae, P. (2025). The development of a model for farmers' intention to use Low-Carbon technology in Mianyang City, Sichuan province, China. Glovento Journal of Integrated Studies (GJIS), 1, Article 24. http://doi.org/10.63665/gjis.v1.24