RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FARMERS INVOLVED IN SOIL EROSION CONTROL BASED ON LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS——A CASE OF WESTERN HUBEI PROVINCE

In this paper we analyze farmers'perception,behavior characteristics and evaluation to the project of soil and water conservation through field investigations.The analysis is based on a survey of farmer households in Lichuan,Hubei Province.We use logistic models to analyze the factors that affected farmers'participation behavior in the soil and water conservation projects.The results showed that farmer's perception to soil and water conservation projects was high,but their responsibility consciousness was poor.The farmers consider that the government has the main responsibility to conduct soil and water conservation.The farmers were mainly involved in controlling soil loss by participating in construction projects of soil and water conservation.However,the farmers participated little in the maintenance,organization and supervision of soil and water conservation.The education level and external environment are the mainly factors in farmers'willingness to participate into the project of soil and water conservation.The education level of farmers and the government's income measures and compensation have a significant impact on farmers'willingness to participate in soil and water conservation.The farmers'active behavior involved in soil and water and conservation has a significant relationship with the education level and the action of impeaching destruction of water and soil resources.The results had a significant importance in revealing the behavioral mechanism for farmers'willingness to participate in the governing of ecological environment.