Land rental markets in the process of rural structural transformation: Productivity and equity impacts from China

Deininger, Klaus; Deininger, Klaus

doi:10.1016/j.jce.2009.04.005

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“…Some studies explored the influences of farmland rental and consolidation. For instance, a series of studies focused on the impacts of farmland rental and consolidation on agricultural efficiency and productivity, agricultural investments to land of rural households, occupational diversification, income inequality and household welfare [9,19,[31][32][33].…”

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“…Feng [12] indicated that households renting land achieved higher technical efficiency than those not renting land. Jin and Deininger [32] found farmland rental markets were critical not only for non-agricultural growth, but they also contributed to significant productivity gains by allowing more effective use of potentially idle land. A plot-level study also showed households renting extra land were relatively more productive than those not renting land [21].…”

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Farmland Rental and Productivity of Wheat and Maize: An Empirical Study in Gansu, China

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Abstract:The rapid growth of farmland rental markets in China raises questions about the association of farmland rental and agricultural productivity. Although this issue has been extensively studied, the majority of studies have focused on yields and technical efficiency, with input use and cost efficiency receiving little attention. This study aimed to determine the statistical association of wheat and maize farmers' farmland rental behaviors (renting land, not renting land and renting out land) and input use, and the consequent association of farmers' farmland rental behaviors and cost efficiency. For this purpose, the linear regression model and stochastic frontier model were employed, based on a survey data of 419 wheat and maize farmers in 25 villages in five counties of Gansu Province, China. The study found that farmland rental enhanced productivity and sustainability of agriculture through transferring farmland from households with less productivity to those with high productivity, and it was also helpful to reducing the consumption of fertilizers and chemicals in agricultural production. The results suggest that replacing labor with machines is an important way to reduce production costs, and households specializing in agricultural production use more rational amounts of fertilizers and chemicals than those with low productivity. Thus, the machinery purchase policy in China should continue to give great benefit to farmers. In addition, the machinery purchase subsidization policy has achieved satisfactory results in China, and it could be a good reference for other developing countries. However, some efficiency loss was found in households that rented out their land, and policy makers need to pay some attention to these households.

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Farmland Rental and Productivity of Wheat and Maize: An Empirical Study in Gansu, China

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“…The determinants of farmland transfer have been thoroughly investigated in the existing literature [7][8][9], and in this literature the crucial role of secure tenure arrangements have been found to be an important factor affecting the frequency of farm land transfers. One explanation given in public debate is that without secure property rights, farmers fear that renting out land may be interpreted as a signal that they are not committed to the land entitled to them and that, therefore, the land could be taken away from them [8].…”

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“…One explanation given in public debate is that without secure property rights, farmers fear that renting out land may be interpreted as a signal that they are not committed to the land entitled to them and that, therefore, the land could be taken away from them [8]. Thus, participation in rental markets is likely to be sub-optimal under insecure property rights.…”

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Institutional Regime, Off-Farm Employment, and the Interaction Effect: What are the Determinants of Households’ Forestland Transfer in China?

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Abstract:The development of the land rental market has been widely attributed to the associated institutional regime and the functioning of the off-farm labor market. However, little is known of the interaction effect of these two factors. To fill this gap, we employ a nationwide representative household dataset to investigate the effects of China's collective forest tenure reform (CFTR) and off-farm employment on forestland transfer in China. Special interest is focused on their potential interaction effect. The Smith-Blundell instrumental variable tobit model is adopted to account for the endogeneity of off-farm employment. The estimation results show that both the tenure reform and off-farm employment significantly influence forestland transactions. However, compared to the positive effect of the reform on both renting in and renting out forestland, the effect of off-farm employment is mixed, that is, its effect is negative when forestland is rented in but positive on rent-out decisions. An important finding is that the CFTR imposes a negative enhancement effect on forestland rent-in through its interaction term with off-farm employment. In contrast, the enhancement effect on rent-out is not statistically significant, which may be due to the neutralization by the endowment effect of the CFTR.

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“…However, other case studies find that emigration of agricultural laborers has caused the marginalization of agricultural land, which has resulted in arable land abandonment and decrease in labor intensity, thus posing the additional challenge of ensuring food security (Liu and Li, 2006;Chen et al, 2009a;Tian et al, 2009;Xin and Li, 2009;Tian et al, 2010). A few studies have reported measures adopted to deal with labor shortage, such as substituting capital and technology for labor (Zhang et al, 2008;Chen et al, 2009a;Hao et al, 2013) and land transfer between households to mitigate land abandonment (Yao, 2000;Kung, 2002;Jin and Deininger, 2007). However, as of date, there remains a lack of comprehensive research which quantitatively examines the relationship between labor migration and grain output growth on household scale.…”

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An explanation of labor migration and grain output growth: Findings of a case study in eastern Tibetan Plateau

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Abstract:Although there has been rapid rural-urban migration in rural China since the 1980s, the total grain production of China saw a continuous increase. As of today, the relationship between labor migration and grain output growth remains partial and contradictory. The main aim of this empirical study is to examine some specific measures adopted by peasants to deal with labor shortage and maintain grain output growth. Using tracking survey, participatory rural appraisal methods, and land plot investigation, we investigate 274 households and 1405 arable land plots in four villages in two stages in Jinchuan county, southwestern China. The results show that continuous emigration of labor from the four villages caused the abandonment of a small amount of land, decreased labor intensity, and reduced multiple cropping index, shifting from "corn-wheat" multiple cropping pattern to the "corn" cropping pattern, which means labor shortage in some households. At the same time, owing to surplus labor in the villages, the peasants utilize a series of means to offset the negative impacts of labor migration on grain output, such as cropland transfer, labor exchange in the busy seasons, and the substitution of capital and technology for labor. The econometric analysis also shows that labor migration boosts grain production. This study provides a reasonable explanation of grain output growth under rural-urban migration.

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Land rental markets in the process of rural structural transformation: Productivity and equity impacts from China

Cited by 249 publications

References 61 publications

Farmland Rental and Productivity of Wheat and Maize: An Empirical Study in Gansu, China

Farmland Rental and Productivity of Wheat and Maize: An Empirical Study in Gansu, China

Institutional Regime, Off-Farm Employment, and the Interaction Effect: What are the Determinants of Households’ Forestland Transfer in China?

An explanation of labor migration and grain output growth: Findings of a case study in eastern Tibetan Plateau

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