Land fragmentation and farm productivity in China in the 1990s

Nguyen, Tin; Cheng, Enfu; Findlay, Christopher

doi:10.1016/s1043-951x(96)90007-3

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“…The long-observed positive relationship between plot size and output for major crops in China suggests that fragmentation has imposed a significant cost [34]. Land transfer via the rental market is an effective choice to overcome the inefficiency it causes.…”

Section: Determinants Of Renting Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Land Rental Market Participation and Its Impact on Fixed Investment and Household Welfare: Evidence from Chinese Apple Production Sites

2017

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Abstract:Using a large dataset from the specialized apple production sites of China and multiple econometric methods, we identify the main determinants of farmers' land rental decisions and the effects from renting land in on their investment and economic welfare. It is found that having more effective cultivated land before renting in has a significantly negative effect on the land rented in, that households with rich land endowments or large areas of land rented in usually invest more in fixed assets, and that efficient provisions of credit and insurance are helpful to encourage investments in fixed assets. As a result, renting in land generates gains in terms of agricultural income, total income, and productive expenditure.

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Section: Determinants Of Renting Inmentioning

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Land Rental Market Participation and Its Impact on Fixed Investment and Household Welfare: Evidence from Chinese Apple Production Sites

2017

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“…Jarabin and Epplin (1994) argued that land fragmentation increases production costs and that continuous land fragmentation would lead to decreasing efficiency in Jordan. However, in China, Nguyen et al (1996) argued that to reduce economic costs, land consolidation should be undertaken with less government intervention; more attention should be given to the establishment of markets for land and improvements in rural credit and grain markets. Wan and Cheng (2001) posited that existing economies of scale appear to be too small to suggest radical land policy changes in China.…”

Section: Doi: 1017221/180/2016-agriceconmentioning

confidence: 99%

Land fragmentation and efforts to prevent it in Slovak legislation

Lazíková¹,

Rumanovská²,

Takáč³

et al. 2017

AGR ECON-CZECH

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Lazikova J., Rumanovska L., Takac I., Lazikova Z. (2017): Land fragmentation and eff orts to prevent it in Slovak legislation. Agric. Econ. -Czech, 63: 559-568.Abstract: Agricultural land represents a country's natural heritage. Th erefore, land protection is an issue that is the subject of various legislative measures, also including those that aff ect land fragmentation. Land fragmentation is a problem that hinders the eff ective use of land. In 1995, Slovak lawmakers adopted Law 180/1995 Coll., which prevents the fragmentation of land under a minimum size. Th e aim of this paper was to determine whether Slovak legislation concerning land fragmentation is eff ective and prevents this phenomenon. We compare the Slovak legislation with the legislations of other countries, and, further, we describe the existing situation with respect to land fragmentation in the individual regions of the country according to the requirements of Slovak legal regulations. Th e results include proposals for the potential amendment of the legal regulation to ensure the eff ective prevention of land fragmentation.

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“…Parameterizations are based on multiple linear regressions, using collected statistical data on national crop yield and production factors inputs from 1991-2005(MOA.PRC 2007. Some parameters were modified based on available studies (Nguyen et al 1996;Shi and Lin 2003;Gao and Zhang 2006). This is due to statistical inconsistencies before and after 1996.…”

Section: Production Modulementioning

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Environmental implications of rural policies in China: a multi-agent model at the level of agricultural households

Yang¹,

Luan

et al. 2014

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

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We analyzed the socioeconomic and environmental changes in rural China from the perspective of agricultural households and developed a multi-agent agricultural household model for rural environmental management (MAREM). The MAREM model consists of four submodules: the agricultural household production module, the consumption module, the labor supply module, and the environmental assessment module. In the model, virtual agricultural households exist in a hypothetical village. Farmers follow a self-adaptive approach to learn and understand policy variations, in order to make relevant decisions. The model has been validated through simulation of actual trends (the based-on-reality scenario). On the basis of this scenario, we further analyzed possible future trends in rural environmental pollution in China. Our results reflect that China may enter a period of farmer income stagnation accompanied by a rapid deterioration in rural environmental quality. Ammonia emission from livestock production may become the primary agricultural source of air pollution, and eutrophication is calculated to be the major water pollution issue for the long term. Synthetic fertilizer application is projected to be the dominant source of total nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in aquatic system (contributing to about 64% and 46% of the total discharge, respectively). Our study shows that MAREM is an effective tool to analyze the interactions between agricultural households' behavior and environmental consequences under specific policies in China.

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Land fragmentation and farm productivity in China in the 1990s

Cited by 120 publications

References 1 publication

Land Rental Market Participation and Its Impact on Fixed Investment and Household Welfare: Evidence from Chinese Apple Production Sites

Land Rental Market Participation and Its Impact on Fixed Investment and Household Welfare: Evidence from Chinese Apple Production Sites

Land fragmentation and efforts to prevent it in Slovak legislation

Environmental implications of rural policies in China: a multi-agent model at the level of agricultural households

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