Promotion Effect of Agricultural Production Trusteeship on High-Quality Production of Grain—Evidence from the Perspective of Farm Households

Abstract

Based on the survey data of five large grain-producing provinces in China, we have studied the promotion effect of the agricultural production trusteeship on the high-quality production of grain by using a propensity score matching method. The empirical results show that the high-quality production of the grain level increases by 0.292, with an increase of 87.4% after farm households participate in agricultural production trusteeship. The level of high efficiency, premiumization, greenization, and branding of grain production increased by 0.234, 0.373, 0.208, and 0.158, respectively. However, there are differences in the facilitation effects of different trusteeship services, with the best promotion effect of agricultural material supply services, followed by post-harvest services, and then land management services and cultivating and harvesting services. The average treatment effect on the treated (ATT) is 0.287, 0.230, 0.158, and 0.139, respectively. Meanwhile, there are differences in the promotion effects for farm households with different factor endowments. The promotion effect is better for small farm households with three laborers or less, a land management scale of 10 mus or less, and one type of agricultural machinery or less. Therefore, in order to give full play to the promotion effect of agricultural production trusteeship on high-quality production of grain, the government should vigorously support its development and guide more smallholders to choose agricultural production trusteeship.

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