Aging population, farm succession, and farmland usage: Evidence from rural China

Mishra, Ashok K.; Luo, Biliang

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.06.001

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“…Moreover, good local transportation services may provide easier access to off‐farm employment opportunities, which increases the likelihood of leasing out farmland. Our finding is consistent with Zou et al (). Simultaneously, the variable V_center_time has a significantly negative impact on the choice of leasing out farmland, suggesting that rural households who lived in the village far away from the commercial centre are less likely to lease out their farmland.…”

Section: Resultssupporting

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Do Chinese farmers benefit from farmland leasing choices? Evidence from a nationwide survey

Zou

Mishra²,

Luo

2019

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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Using China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), this study investigates factors associated with the choice of farmland leasing strategies and the impact of leasing options on farm performance. Particular attention is given to off‐farm employment and farm subsidies. Additionally, the study applies a selectivity‐based approach to assess the relationship between farmland leasing choices and farm businesses’ performance. Off‐farm employment, older and educated operators, large farms and old‐age pension plans increase the likelihood of leasing out farmland. Part‐time off‐farm employment, grain subsidies and mechanised farms increase the likelihood of leasing in farmland. Finally, the selectivity correction terms in the value of crop production are significantly negative in the choices of farmland leasing, indicating the presence of sample selection effects. Accounting for selectivity is essential to ensure unbiased and consistent estimates.

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Section: Resultssupporting

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Do Chinese farmers benefit from farmland leasing choices? Evidence from a nationwide survey

Zou

Mishra²,

Luo

2019

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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“…Support should be given to emerging farmer associations and cooperatives, while large agro-enterprises should be well-regulated but also assisted and utilized as demonstrations of best practice. Small farmers in China are experienced but often aging and poorly educated [17] . However, a cadre of skilled managers of larger enterprises is growing and provides a resource for innovation, practice and demonstration in pursuit of environmental protection.…”

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“…Despite this diversity, the value of support by farm remains relatively low and can be considered decoupled from production decisions [9,14] . However, larger farms offer more potential for AGD through more cost-effective regulation and advice, and capability to undertake environmental protection measures [3] , and thus existing farm support at least partly inhibits land transfer, farm restructuring and pooling of farmland into farming cooperatives [16,17] . China is also largely missing the policy tiers in Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, management of soils, manures, chemical fertilizer and irrigation could all be improved to more closely match crop requirements, reduce risk of losses to air and water and save on-farm input costs (e.g., Powers et al [5] and Chen et al [41] . However, scope for change through voluntary action by farmers often remains limited by field and farm size, plot fragmentation, income levels, prevailing knowledge, attitudes and practices (in part age and gender related [17] ), and increasingly by labor constraints [16,42] .…”

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Policy options for Agriculture Green Development by farmers in China

Smith

2020

Front. Agr. Sci. Eng.

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Farmers are the key agents who manage land and water. Agriculture Green Development (AGD) requires a transformation in farming from high resource consumption and environmental cost to sustainable intensification with high productivity, high resource use efficiency and low environmental risk. This paper analyzes the public policy challenge of AGD and makes the case for a location-sensitive policy mix made up of regulation, advice provision, voluntarism and targeted incentives. The public agricultural extension service in China is a key resource, but one that requires reorientation and reform with the aim of better balancing high farm productivity with environmental protection.

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“…From 2000 to the present, Chinese rural housing has entered an exploratory era regarding the circulation of housing land use rights [34]. During this period, the rural housing land still belongs to rural collectives, can be used by members of the collective village, but cannot be traded outside [35,37].…”

Section: Background Of China's Rural Housing and Land Use Policymentioning

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Estimating Housing Vacancy Rates in Rural China Using Power Consumption Data

Jing

Guo

2019

Sustainability

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Village hollowing is a growing policy problem globally, but accurately estimating housing vacancy rates is difficult and costly. In this study, we piloted the use of power consumption data to estimate the vacancy rate of rural housing. To illustrate the method used, we took power consumption data in 2014 and 2017 in an area of rural China to analyze the change in housing vacancies. Results indicated that the rural vacancy rates were 5.27% and 8.69%, respectively, while underutilization rates were around 10% in 2014 and 2017. Second, there was significant spatial clustering of vacant rural housing, and the hotspots were mainly distributed in western mountainous areas, whereas villages near urban areas had lower vacancy rates. Third, rural vacancies increased from 2014 to 2017. Compared with other methods, our method proved to be accurate, very cost-effective and scalable, and it can offer timely spatial and temporal information that can be used by policymakers to identify areas with significant village hollowing issues. However, there are challenges in setting the right thresholds that take into consideration regional differences. Therefore, there is also a need for more studies in different regions in order to scale up this method to the national level.

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Aging population, farm succession, and farmland usage: Evidence from rural China

Cited by 110 publications

References 25 publications

Do Chinese farmers benefit from farmland leasing choices? Evidence from a nationwide survey

Do Chinese farmers benefit from farmland leasing choices? Evidence from a nationwide survey

Policy options for Agriculture Green Development by farmers in China

Estimating Housing Vacancy Rates in Rural China Using Power Consumption Data

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