How internet use affects the farmland rental market: An empirical study from rural China

Zou, B. T.; Mishra, Ashok K.

doi:10.1016/j.compag.2022.107075

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“…Hypothesis 3 and 4 are verified, indicating that social network expansion has a promoting effect on transfer out behavior and scale. This is consistent with Zou and Mishra's (2022) study concluding that farmers' social networks contribute to their farmland rental decisions. Social networks act as the information exchange medium in the process of rural land transfer, thus reducing the transaction cost of land transfer in links such as searching transfer objects or contract negotiation (Lei et al, 2016).…”

Section: Influence Of Social Network On Cultivated Land Transfer Outsupporting

confidence: 92%

Do farmers' social networks aggravate cultivated land abandonment? A case study in Ganzhou, China

Chen

Xie

et al. 2023

Land Degrad Dev

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To clarify the influence mechanism and action path of social networks on farmland abandonment, taking the hilly and mountainous areas of Ganzhou, China as the study area, this paper first explores the influence of farmers' social networks on abandonment; furthermore, a mediation effect model is introduced to test the inhibiting effect of farmland transfer on abandonment under the scenario of expanding farmers' social networks. The results show that the expansion of farmers' social networks directly aggravates farmland abandonment, but with the development of land transfer market, farmers' social networks help to reduce the transaction cost of farmland transfer, thus promoting land circulation and restraining abandonment. Considering the double‐edged effect of farmers' social networks on abandonment, this paper recommends that policies aimed at curbing abandonment should be channeled through local farmers‐based social networks, and encourage land transfer among farmers' relatives, friends, or neighbors, and so forth to reduce transaction cost in rural society.

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Section: Influence Of Social Network On Cultivated Land Transfer Outsupporting

confidence: 92%

Do farmers' social networks aggravate cultivated land abandonment? A case study in Ganzhou, China

Chen

Xie

et al. 2023

Land Degrad Dev

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“…Liu et al (2021) found that the adoption of Internet could help farmers promote land transfer (including land transfer-in and transfer-out) by accessing to agricultural information. In addition, Zou and Mishra (2022) and Zhang et al (2022) only focused on land transfer-out and came out with the findings that show that the ICT use has a significantly positive impact on land transfer-out. In the contrary, however, Zhang et al (2022) found a negative correlation between Internet use and land transfer-in.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, general ICT can help promote farmers to choose non-agricultural employment (Zhang et al. , 2022), which is conducive to land transfer-out (Zou and Mishra, 2022) and not conducive to land transfer-in (Zhang et al. , 2022).…”

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Accessing the effect of smartphone agricultural applications on land transfer: evidence from Sichuan province in China

Yu,

Abdulai,

2024

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PurposeThis study aims to examine farmers' decision to use smartphone agricultural applications (SAAs) and how SAAs adoption impact their land transfer behaviors in terms of the current land transfer-in area (LTA) and the future willingness to renew land transfer-in after it expires (WTR).Design/methodology/approachThis study provides empirical evidence on the relationship between farmers' use of SAAs and land transfer choice, using a field survey data of 752 rural farm households in 2020 from Sichuan province of China. The endogenous switching models are employed to address potential self-selection bias associated with voluntary SAAs use and to quantitatively examine the impacts of SAAs use on land transfer choice.FindingsThe empirical results reveal that SAAs significantly improves the probability of transfer-in of more land by 39.10%. We find SAAs use has heterogeneous impacts on land transfer-in choice in the groups of agricultural technology, extension service, marketing and credit. Besides, we also find that SAAs use exerts highly positive and significant impact on farmers with less land area transfer-in. Moreover, SAAs can increase the probability of farmers' willingness to renew the land transfer-in by 30%.Originality/valueTo the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to explore the quantitative relationship between the use of SAAs and farm households' land transfer choice. The findings of this work can provide policy-related insights to help government promote the development of digital applications in the agricultural sector.

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“…The use of information and communication technology has promoted the specialization of crop cultivation, significantly improving the efficiency of the choice of marketing channels for farmers, helping to expand the market reach and selling price of agricultural products, and greatly enhancing the profitability of agricultural operations and non-farm operations (44)(45)(46). Secondly, Internet use can increase non-farm employment opportunities for farmers and improve their wage income (47,48). The Internet has the advantage of low learning and training costs, and the use of digital technology and the acquisition of digital skills helps to broaden the non-agricultural employment options of the rural workforce and enhances job matching, increasing their employment and formal employment rates and strengthening employment stability (49)(50)(51).…”

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confidence: 99%

Does Internet use connect smallholder farmers to a healthy diet? Evidence from rural China

2023

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IntroductionUndernutrition and micronutrient malnutrition remain problems of significant magnitude among small-scale subsistence farmers, posing a serious threat to their health and well-being. Developing a healthy diet can effectively reduce this threat. Fortunately, the Internet can speed up the process.MethodsBased on survey data from 5,114 farm households in nine provinces in China, this study quantitatively assesses the impact of Internet use on the dietary quality of smallholder farmers using OLS regression models and PSM models.Results/Discussion(1) Internet use can significantly contribute to dietary diversity and dietary rationality among smallholder farmers, thus optimizing their dietary structure. (2) Internet use significantly increased the average consumption amounts of milk and its products (2.9 g), fruits (21.5 g), eggs (7.5 g), and vegetables (27.1 g), while also decreasing the intake of salts (1.5 g) and oil (3.8 g). (3) The pull of internet use to improve diet quality is more significant for smallholder households with lower levels of education, older heads of households, and higher household incomes. (4) A possible mechanism is that Internet use increases household income and information access skills of rural residents, thus improving their dietary quality. In summary, governments should further promote Internet penetration in rural areas for health purposes.

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How internet use affects the farmland rental market: An empirical study from rural China

Cited by 24 publications

References 51 publications

Do farmers' social networks aggravate cultivated land abandonment? A case study in Ganzhou, China

Do farmers' social networks aggravate cultivated land abandonment? A case study in Ganzhou, China

Accessing the effect of smartphone agricultural applications on land transfer: evidence from Sichuan province in China

Does Internet use connect smallholder farmers to a healthy diet? Evidence from rural China

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