作者：Wei Zhou（周伟）, Jinzhi Chen,Zi-qiang Zhang, Yijing Zhang*（张奕婧） 

期刊:《  Technological Forecasting and Social Change 》

出版时间：2024年10月, Vol.207

校内级别：T2 类

DOI:10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123620

摘要：

Cultivating Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) serves as a crucial means to increase the income of impoverished households in remote areas, while also providing an important avenue towards achieving equitable economic development and environmental preservation. This paper explores the impact of the internet use on households' NTFPs cultivation practices. Based on the available dataset of 641 valid questionnaire responses collected through field research conducted by the research team, this study employs an in-depth analysis utilizing endogenous transformation models. Furthermore, the study recognizes the importance of considering heterogeneity among different user groups and purposes. The results indicate that households who use the internet with the proportion of NTFPs in their forest land being 8.863 % higher than others. Households who use the internet for sales having a proportion of NTFPs in their forest land that is 12.083 % higher than that of non-internet-using households, while households who use it for production only has a 6.971 % increase. Further analysis reveals that internet use increases households' social capital levels, thereby promoting NTFP cultivation, which is attributable to the rise of special e-commerce models such as WeChat business. Furthermore, the use of the internet to some extent reduces the supply of agricultural labor.

关键词：

E-commerce; Endogenous transformation models; Internet use; NTFPs cultivation; Social capital

基金资助：

This study was supported by National Natural Science Fund of Natural Science Fund of China under Grant 72003069, China - Major International (Regional) Joint Research Project under Grant 71761147003, Humanities and Social Science Research West Project of the Ministry of Education, China under Grant 21XJC790015.