Research on Agricultural Machinery Services for the Purpose of Promoting Conservation Agriculture: An Evolutionary Game Analysis Involving Farmers, Agricultural Machinery Service Organizations and Governments
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Basis and Hypothesis of the Tripartite Evolutionary Game Model
2.1. Analysis of the Relationship between Stakeholders
2.2. Hypotheses
2.3. Model Construction
3. Model and Analysis
3.1. Replication Dynamic Analysis
3.2. Stability Analysis of Evolutionary Game Model
4. Simulation Analysis of Evolutionary Game
4.1. Effect of Initial Value on Strategy Evolution
4.2. Sensitivity Analysis under the Change in Government Reward and Punishment Intensity
4.2.1. Changes in Penalties
4.2.2. Changes in Subsidies
4.2.3. Changes in the Cost of Supervision and Management in the Whole Process of Agricultural Machinery Service Organization
5. Conclusions and Discussion
5.1. Conclusions
5.2. Discussion
6. Policy Recommendations
- (1)
- Establish incentive and punishment policies for agricultural socialized service organizations with the goal of normative technology adoption.
- (2)
- Reducing the cost of supervision and formulating reasonable service prices are the keys to the formation of a positive agricultural machinery service adoption relationship.
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Participant | Selection | Strategy |
---|---|---|
Agriculture-related government | 1 | Strict management of the provision of agricultural machinery operation services |
2 | Loose management of providing agricultural machinery operation services | |
Agricultural Machinery Service Organization | 1 | Provide all aspects of agricultural machinery operation services |
2 | Provide non-all aspects of agricultural machinery operation services | |
Farmers | 1 | Select all aspects of agricultural machinery operation services |
2 | Choose not all aspects of agricultural machinery operation service |
Strategy Combination | Income of Agricultural Machinery Service Organization | Income of Farmers | Income of Agricultural-Related Governments |
---|---|---|---|
Provide all links, choose all links, strict management | |||
Provide all links, select all links, loose management | |||
Provide all links, choose not all links, strict management | |||
Provide all links, choose not all links, loose management | |||
Provide not all links, choose all links, strict management | |||
Provide not all links, choose all links, loose management | |||
Provide not all links, choose not all links, strict management | |||
Provide not all links, choose not all links, loose management |
Agriculture-Related Government | Agricultural Machinery Service Organization | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Provide All Aspects of Agricultural Machinery Operation Services (x) | Provide Non-All Aspects of Agricultural Machinery Operation Services (1 − x) | |||
Farmers | Select all aspects of agricultural machinery operation services (y) | Strict management (z) | ||
Loose management (1 − z) | ||||
Choose not all aspects of agricultural machinery operation service (1 − y) | Strict management (z) | |||
Loose management (1 − z) | ||||
Equilibrium Point | Eigenvalue | Stability |
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E1 (0,0,0) | (−,s,+) Unstable point | |
E2 (0,0,1) | is a asymptotically stable point. | |
E3 (0,1,0) | (−,s,+) Unstable point | |
E4 (1,0,0) | (+,s,s) Unstable point | |
E5 (0,1,1) | (+,s,−) Unstable point | |
E6 (1,0,1) | is a asymptotically stable point. | |
E7 (1,1,0) | (+,s,s) Unstable point | |
E8 (1,1,1) | is an asymptotically stable point. |
Parameter | |||||||||
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Numerical Value | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
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Zhang, F.; Bei, J.; Shi, Q.; Wang, Y.; Wu, L. Research on Agricultural Machinery Services for the Purpose of Promoting Conservation Agriculture: An Evolutionary Game Analysis Involving Farmers, Agricultural Machinery Service Organizations and Governments. Agriculture 2024, 14, 1383. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14081383
Zhang F, Bei J, Shi Q, Wang Y, Wu L. Research on Agricultural Machinery Services for the Purpose of Promoting Conservation Agriculture: An Evolutionary Game Analysis Involving Farmers, Agricultural Machinery Service Organizations and Governments. Agriculture. 2024; 14(8):1383. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14081383
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Fan, Jindi Bei, Qingzhe Shi, Ying Wang, and Ling Wu. 2024. "Research on Agricultural Machinery Services for the Purpose of Promoting Conservation Agriculture: An Evolutionary Game Analysis Involving Farmers, Agricultural Machinery Service Organizations and Governments" Agriculture 14, no. 8: 1383. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14081383