Author(s)

Yanqiu He, Siyu Zhu, Rou Chen, Jie Xu, Fang Wang

Corresponding Author

Yanqiu He

Abstract

Studying the energy consumption structure of farmers can provide an important basis for the government to formulate relevant emission reduction measures. Nowadays, rural energy consumption has become an important part of energy consumption, which has a great impact on the economic development and environmental pollution of a region. Based on the data of the third agricultural census of Sichuan Province published by Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Statistics, this paper uses descriptive statistical method and multinomial logistic model to analyze the energy consumption status of farmers in Sichuan Province and explore the factors affecting their energy choices. The results showed that: (1) non-clean energy is still the first choice of most farmers, but compared with ordinary farmers, large-scale agricultural households are more likely to choose cleaner energy; (2) income is the main factor affecting the choice of energy varieties for large-scale agricultural households, and income and the education level of the household head are the main factors affecting the choice of energy varieties for ordinary farmers. Therefore, the Sichuan Government needs to formulate macro policies on farmers' income and education so that farmers can use cleaner energy.

Keywords

Energy consumption, Influencing factor, Sichuan rural, Multinomial Logistic model