The Influence of Farmers' Participation on the Sense of Gain of the River Chief System Policy.

Based on 694 farmer survey data in Jiangsu Province and Hubei Province, this paper uses hierarchical regression and Bootstrap method to empirically analyze the influence path of farmer s participation on ecological policy gains and social policy gains. The results show that: * The participation of farmers has significantly improved the sense of ecological and social gains, and part of the mediating effect on ecological gains and social gains through government trust, accounting for 29.89% and 18.97% of the total utility, respectively. * Formal systems play a positive role in regulating the influence of government trust on social gains, and informal systems have a positive regulating role in the influence of government trust on ecological and social gains. Therefore, this study proposes that rural environmental governance should strengthen the trust of farmers in the government, require institutions to empower farmers to participate in and empower farmers, to activate the endogenous motivation of farmers to participate, and moreover, it is necessary to use informal systems to reach a consensus on collective governance in the village, strengthen the network of farmers and the government, and enhance farmers sense of policy gains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]