Influencing factors and mechanism analysis of farmers’ satisfaction to agricultural science and technology service—Based on the survey of continuous destitute areas in Sichuan province

Based on the 268 survey data from the Qinba area，and Tongjiang County，Gulin County，Meigu County in Wumeng area，the structural equation model was applied to verify the internal structural relationship and mechanism among farmers’satisfaction，farmers’ characteristics，agricultural science and technology service characteristics and household behavior. The results showed that the positive effect of agricultural science and technology service characteristics on farmers’satisfaction was the biggest in contiguous destitute areas，followed by farmers’ characteristics with a small negative effect. Farmers’ characteristics and agricultural science and technology service characteristics impacted the farmers’ adoption behavior of new agricultural techniques through direct and indirect ways，and there was a negative effect between farmers’ characteristics and agricultural science and technology service characteristics.