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With the advancement in economic growth and urbanization, people’s awareness of environmental protection has risen and environmental protection policies have become increasingly stricter. The government has sought a balance between the people and the pig industry. In order to solve this problem, the promotion of a circular economy model is an important policy goal of the government, such as irrigating and reclaiming biogas slurry and residue, reusing biogas or generating electricity, etc. In all of them, we should solve the problems of odor and water pollution, and move towards the agricultural circular economy of water resources, organic fertilizer, biogas energy or power generation, which is beneficial to Taiwan’s land and slows down the global warming. However, even though the circular economy policy has been promoted for many years, the willingness of the industry to invest in circular economy practices remains low. Therefore, it is important to study the factors that influence Taiwanese pig farmers to adopt a circular economy model. In this study, interviews and surveys were used to explore the factors influencing the adoption of circular economy model by pig farmers in Taiwan. The results showed that the respondents’ awareness of the prevention and control of pollution was the most important influencing factor. In addition, farmers insist that pig manure and urine are not as serious as industrial pollution sources, and they still have doubts about the profitability of biogas power generation. Moreover, “there is no more space in the farm” and “the hidden danger of major infectious diseases” are the biggest factors affecting farmers’ investment in biogas reuse or power generation. The priority of surplus capital investment was livestock houses, household and revolving expenditures, and investment in high-profit business, suggesting that farmers primarily focus on their own pig business. In addition, farmers generally accepted anaerobic fermentation should be carried out to improve pullution sources and desulfurization. They also gradully agreed that it is possible to recover the cost of pollution prevention and control facilities and agreed to better understand the concepts of biogas reuse, biogas power generation, and biogas slurry and biogas residue irrigation.
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