Research on Farmers’ Willingness of Land Transfer Behavior Based on Food Security

Abstract

In China, the current household contract responsibility system has been unable to adapt to the commercialization and marketization of rural cultivated land. Rural land transfer is allowed by the government as a supplement to the household contract responsibility system. However, in 2016, the rural land circulating in China accounted for only 35% of the total national rural land area and there were many problems with the process of land circulation. Therefore, the rural revitalization strategy in China must focus on how to promote rural land circulation with high efficiency to ensure food security in China and high quality to realize the sustainable development of rural land resources. In this study, based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), two structural equation models (SEM) for rural land inflow and rural land outflow were used to compare and examine the key factors affecting farmers’ intention to engage in rural land circulation in Shandong Province. Data analysed from a survey of 549 farmers showed that behavioural attitudes, subjective norms, and perceptual behavioural control have a significant impact on farmers’ intention to engage in rural land circulation, and only subjective norms had a negative impact on the land inflow intention model. Behavioural attitudes had the greatest impact in the two models, but the impact paths of the two models were different. In the rural land inflow intention model, the intrinsic value of cultivated land is important to farmers, whereas in the rural land outflow model, the economic rationality of transferring land was mainly considered. The importance of perceptual behavioural control in the rural land outflow model was greater than it was in the rural land inflow model. The results of this research can provide a reference for formulating government policies, achieving the sustainable development of land resources, and guaranteeing food supply.

A study of the impact of land transfer decisions on household income in rural China

“…α 0 , β 0 , γ 0 denote a constant term; α 1 , β 1 , γ 1 are the coefficients of the independent variables. α 1 in Eq (4) is the effect of Transfer on Income, β 1 in Eq (5) is the effect of Transfer on Aincome, a 0 1 and γ 1 in Eq (6) are the effects of Transfer on Aincome on Income, respectively. Only when α 1 in Eq (4) is significant can we proceed to test the significance of β 1 , a 0 1 and γ 1 .…”

“…Only when α 1 in Eq (4) is significant can we proceed to test the significance of β 1 , a 0 1 and γ 1 . In the case where α 1 is significant, and both β 1 's in Eq (5) and α 1 's in Eq (6) are significant, it accounts for that at least part of the effect of Transfer on Income is achieved through Aincome. When a 0 1 in Eq (6) is significant, Aincome plays a partially mediator effect, otherwise it has a fully mediator effect.…”

“…Columns 1, 4 and 7 show the effect of land transfer, land inflow, and land outflow on household income, respectively, corresponding to α 1 in Eq (4). Columns 2, 5 and 8 exhibit the effect PLOS ONE of land transfer, land inflow and land outflow on household farm income, respectively, corresponding to β 1 in Eq (5). Columns 3, 6 and 9 demonstrate the effect of the farm income, a mediator variable, on household income, respectively, corresponding to γ 1 in Eq (6).…”

“…Since the reform and opening up, rural society and systems have been structurally transformed with the development of rural economies, the growth of farmers’ incomes, the increase in agricultural yields and the continuous improvement of infrastructure [ 1 – 3 ]. farm land, as the basis for agricultural production and ensuring food security [ 4 , 5 ], is also an important part of the social-ecological system in many countries. According to FAO’s World Agricultural Census in 81 countries (representing 2/3 of the world’s population and 38% of the world’s land available for cultivation), about 73%, 85% and 95% of farmland is under 1, 2 and 5 hectares respectively [ 6 ], which fully indicates the high degree of fragmentation of the world’s farmland.…”

Farmers’ policy cognition, psychological constructs and behavior of land transfer: empirical analysis based on household surveys in Beijing

“…This comprehensive approach, by borrowing more systematic theoretical foundations from psychology and behavioral studies, has gained considerable attention in studies on land use policies (Morais et al, 2018;Yazdanpanah et al, 2015). Following this line of arguments, scholars examined farmers' engagement in land transfer in various provinces in China (Peng et al, 2019;Wang et al, 2019).…”