The Influence of Livelihood Capital on the Continuous Adoption Willingness of Climate Smart Agricultural Technology by New Agricultural Operators —— Taking Traditional Agricultural Areas in Southern China as an Example

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technology holds tremendous potential in minimizing climate risks, carbon sequestration, ensuring food security, and achieving sustainable intensification goals.Adopting CSA technology has become essential for realizing sustainable agricultural systems.This study employs the Heckman two-stage model to analyze how livelihood capital influences the sustained adoption of CSA technology, utilizing micro-level survey data from 221 new agricultural business entities in Wuhu City, Anhui Province.The results demonstrate significant positive correlations between human capital, physical capital, social capital, financial capital, natural capital, and digital capital among these entities and their willingness to adopt CSA technologies.Therefore, it is crucial to enhance public education, technical training, and incentive policies, leverage digital technologies to empower agricultural development, and stimulate the vitality of new agricultural business entities.These measures will facilitate the continuous diffusion of CSA technology, driving China's green agricultural transformation and high-quality development.