###### Abstract  
The implementation of green production policies (GPPs) is an important guarantee to improve the utilization of agricultural resources and adapt to climate change and plays an important role in supporting and guiding farmers. The overall goal of this study is to explore the mechanisms of the impacts of policy structure and implementation on the satisfaction of farmers with GPPs. Data analysis was based on 1180 observations collected from a field survey in Anhui Province, China, in 2021. The results revealed that the satisfaction of farmers with GPPs is not high. Policy structure affects the satisfaction of farmers with GPPs, and there are differences in the impacts of agricultural service, financial, technical, subsidy, and supervision policies. The results also showed that a positive evaluation of policy implementation by farmers can significantly improve their satisfaction with GPPs, and there are differences in the effectiveness of evaluating the support intensity, degree of promotion, policy sustainability, and implementation effect. Further analysis revealed that the impact of policy structure on the satisfaction of farmers with GPPs is transmitted through policy implementation evaluation. The impacts of policy structure and policy implementation on the satisfaction of farmers with GPPs are heterogeneous in terms of gender, age, and education. Finally, some policy recommendations are proposed to construct GPPs for farmers across the entire industrial chain, increase policy promotion efforts, ensure the sustainability of policy formulation and implementation, and consider farmers' subjective evaluations of policy implementation effects. The results of this study and the related policy recommendations can provide support for the formulation and optimization of agricultural GPPs in China and other countries. green production; policy satisfaction; policy structure; policy implementation; farmers +
Footnote †: journal: _Sustainability_  
However, as the main body of agricultural production in China, farmers face difficulties in transformation, insufficient motivation, and poor sustainability in their green production. Agricultural policies, as guiding and safeguarding measures, have a significant impact on the cognition, motivation, behavior, and guarantee of farmers' green production transformation [9; 13; 14]. In addition to the government's promotion and implementation of agricultural green production policies (GPPs), the active participation of farmers is an important link in the transformation of agricultural green production [15]. The government has gradually formed an administrative leading mechanism based on long-term reform experience in the administrative field, relying mainly on policy tools and execution methods of command and control [16]. As the current agricultural policies are formulated and implemented from top to bottom, there is a mismatch between the green production interests of farmers and the government's policy goals. The positive externality of green production makes it difficult for the green production interests of farmers to be effectively guaranteed, which greatly reduces the public opinion base for the promotion of green agricultural development policies. The satisfaction of farmers is the main indicator by which to measure the implementation status of agricultural policies. The incorporation of the evaluation opinions of farmers in the formulation and implementation of agricultural policies plays an important role in optimizing and implementing agricultural green development policies. The success of agricultural policies depends not only on the implementation environment, but also mainly on the intensity of the response of farmers to policy stimuli [17]. In recent years, the focus of evaluating the effectiveness of policy implementation has gradually expanded from traditional material welfare and economic development to people's subjective welfare [16; 18; 19].