Study on the effects of ecological cognition and organizational support on the willingness and behavior of farmers in arid areas to participate in shelterbelt management

Abstract Farmland shelterbelts serve as a crucial ecological barrier for agricultural production operations in ecologically fragile rural areas. Farmers’ participation in the management and protection of these shelterbelts is a key prerequisite for ensuring the sustained and effective realization of their ecological benefits. Based on the social-ecological system framework and interactive determinism theory, this study focuses on 322 farming households in Wensu County, Xinjiang, and employs a bi