Based on the practical investigations in Wuhan City

ecological compensation criteria for agricultural land in view of the minimum farmers′ willingness to accept(WTA) are estimated by using willingness survey method.Results from the statistical analysis of 182 questionnaires show that firstly

farmers have generally recognized the essentials of farmland environmental protection and 74.45% of them have a positive attitude toward the WTA.Secondly

under the different restrictions on pesticide and fertilizer uses

farmers′ acceptance percentage decreases with the enhanced restriction and the acceptance percentage varies from 69.66% to 85.25%.Moreover

the minimum farmers′ WTA in farmland environmental protection rises with the enhanced restriction.The values for farmers′ WTA under the eight modes are between 3 866.55 and 7 624.43 RMB/hm2.In the case of the same restriction

farmers′ WTA for pesticides is higher than that for fertilizers.Lastly

farmers′ WTA is obviously correlated with their sexes

ages

and farming experiences.