Table 1 Descriptive statistics for each variable.

Explained variable

AGPTs adoption

behavior

The number of

adopted AGPTs: 0 ~ 5

Core explanatory

variable

Cooperative

membership

No = 0; Yes = 1

Mechanism

variables

Environmental

awareness

Do you agree that

green production

techniques should

be actively used in

agricultural practices?

Totally disagree = 1;

Strongly disagree = 2;

Generally = 3; Quite agree = 4;

Strongly agree = 5

Risk attitude

Risk-averse = 1;

risk-neutral = 2;

risk seeking = 3

Operational scale

The area under rice

cultivation, mu

Credit accessibility

No = 0; Yes = 1

Individual

characteristic

Sex of head of

household

Female = 0; Male = 1

Age of head of

household

Actual age of

respondent, years

Health status of the

head of household

Very unhealthy = 1;

Less unhealthy = 2;

Fair = 3;

More healthy = 4;

Very healthy = 5

Educational level of

the head of

household

Illiterate = 1;

Elementary school = 2;

Middle school = 3;

High school/

secondary school = 4;

College and above = 5

Identity of the head

of household as a

village cadre

No = 0; Yes = 1

Family

characteristics

Number of family

laborers

Number of family

laborers, persons

Household

disposable income

Less than 30,000

RMB = 1; 30,000—50,000

RMB = 2; 50,000—80,000

RMB = 3; 100,000—120,000

RMB = 4; 120,000 RMB or more = 5

Characteristics of

production and

operation

Degree of fine

fragmentation of paddy fields

Number of plots

per mu

Fertility status of

paddy fields

Very poor = 1;

poorer = 2;

fair = 3;

better = 4;

very good = 5

Village

characteristics

Village topography

Mountains = 1;

hills = 2; plains = 3

Level of village

economic development

Very low = 1;

relatively low = 2;

middle = 3; relatively

high = 4; very

high = 5

Area dummy

variables

Ganzhong

No = 0; Yes = 1

Gannan

No = 0; Yes = 1