scholarly journals Do Agricultural Machinery Services Facilitate Land Transfer? Evidence from Rice Farmers in Sichuan Province, China

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 466
Author(s):  
Xi Yu ◽  
Xiyang Yin ◽  
Yuying Liu ◽  
Dongmei Li
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Agricultural Machinery ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Land Transfer ◽  
Land Rental ◽  
Rental Markets ◽  
The Impact

Agricultural machinery services play an increasingly important role in the land transfer market, especially in developing countries. Prior studies have explored the impact factors of machinery use on agricultural production and land transfer, respectively. However, little research has focused on the relationship between the adoption of agricultural machinery services and the land transfer of rice farmers. To bridge this gap, this study investigated the correlation between machinery services and land transfer, using unique survey data of 810 rice farmers collected from Sichuan province in China. Additionally, this study further explored the impact mechanism on land transfer of rural households with IV-Probit and IV-Tobit models. The empirical results show the following: (i) Agricultural machinery services have a significantly positive and robust effect on both the incidence and area of rice farmers’ land transfer-in, while the impact degree is different. Specifically, with other conditions remaining unchanged, and with a 1% increase in the proportion of machinery services, the average probability of land transfer-in of rice farmers increased by 2.4%, and the area of land transfer-in increased by 13.4 mu, on average. (ii) For control variables, head education, agricultural certificates and whether the majority of land, are in a flat area have positive impacts on land transfer-in behavior. Yet, age and off-farm labor have a negative impact on land transfer-in area. Moreover, our findings highlight the importance of agricultural machinery services in stimulating the development of rural land rental markets.

scholarly journals Does off-Farm Migration of Female Laborers Inhibit Land Transfer? Evidence from Sichuan Province, China

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Huang ◽  
Xin Deng ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
Zhuolin Yong ◽  
Dingde Xu
Keyword(s):  
Labor Migration ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Variable Method ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Land Transfer ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

With the feminization of agriculture, the role of women in the rural land transfer market is becoming increasingly important. However, at present, there is little research focusing on the relationship between the off-farm migration of female laborers and land transfer rates. Using data on 1652 agricultural land plots owned by 232 rural households in Sichuan Province in 2014, IV-Probit (The Probit model of tool variable method is added) and IV-Tobit (The Tobit model of tool variable method is added) models were constructed to explore the relationships between off-farm migration and rural household land transfer (whether the rural households have land transfer-in and the area of land transfer-in by rural households) with consideration of gender. The results show that: (1) Off-farm labor migration has a negative and significant impact on rural households’ land transfer-in rates. Under the same conditions, the off-farm migration rate increased by 10%, the probability of transfer-in land decreased by 2.6% on average, and the transfer-in area decreased by 2.7 mu on average. (2) The off-farm migration of female laborers inhibited land transfer-in rates. For every 10% increase in female labor migration, the probability of land transfer-in decreased by an average of 2.1%, and the land transfer-in area was reduced by an average of 3 mu (1 mu = 667 m2 or 0.067 ha). However, the impact of male labor migration on farmers’ land transfer-in is negative and not significant. This study provides a novel, gendered perspective to understand land transfer-in behaviors in hilly areas, which can provide further information on off-farm labor migration and the rational allocation of land resources.

scholarly journals Does the New Rural Pension System Promote Farmland Transfer in the Context of Aging in Rural China: Evidence from the CHARLS

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (19) ◽  
pp. 3592
Author(s):  
Yahui Wang ◽  
Qingyuan Yang ◽  
Liangjie Xin ◽  
Jingyu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Pension System ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Rental Market ◽  
Land Transfer ◽  
Land Rental ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The lack or instability of the pension system for the elderly in rural China has become a paramount obstacle for sustainable land transfer, namely land use right transfer among farmers, in the context of aging. The New Rural Pension System (NRPS), a pilot project that provided basic security for the elderly, was implemented in 10% of counties in 2009 and rapidly promoted nationwide in China. This study evaluates the impact of NRPS on farmland transfer by developing econometric models by employing the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from 2011 to 2015. The participation rate in NRPS increased from 25.87% in 2011 to 80.85% in 2015, and the participation rate in farmland transfer rose from 11.56% to 24.04%. Everything else being held equal, the probability of farmers who transferred out their land increased by approximately 13% and the land area has been transferred increased by 11.2% due to participation in NRPS, indicating that the NRPS improved the operation efficiency of land rental market. Furthermore, the heterogeneity analysis showed that the probability and area mentioned above had a significant upward trend with the increase of the time and insured amount of participation in NRPS, which reduced dependence on farmland for the elderly and promoted the sustainability of land transfer. The government should further encourage farmers to increase the coverage and insured amount of pension system in the context of aging. Meanwhile, a platform to promote land transfer should be established to provide information about land supply and demand and reduce the transaction cost of land rental market.

scholarly journals Land tenure security and technical efficiency: new insights from a case study in Northwest China

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianlei Ma ◽  
Nico Heerink ◽  
Shuyi Feng ◽  
Xiaoping Shi
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Tenure Security ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Land Rental ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Future Demands ◽  
The Impact

AbstractImproving technical efficiency in agriculture can play an important role in meeting present and future demands for agricultural products, at the same time enhancing the long-term sustainability of land and water use. This paper examines the impact of household perceptions of land tenure security on technical efficiency using detailed household-level data collected in Minle County in northwest China. The authors find that the (perceived) tenure security provided by land certificates encourages part-time farming with relatively low technical efficiency. The renting out of land by households with migrant members can only partly make up for this negative effect, because land rental markets are thin and highly fragmented. Therefore, the provision of land certificates to rural households has a negative impact on technical efficiency. For tenure security provided by the expected absence of land reallocations in the near future, on the other hand, the authors find that it reduces temporary migration and thereby contributes to higher technical efficiency.

Empirical Research on the Development of Regional Service Industry under the Perspective of Generalized Virtual Economy

2013 ◽  
Vol 380-384 ◽  
pp. 4574-4578
Author(s):  
Zhen Xiu Mo ◽  
Cui Li ◽  
Xu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Virtual Economy ◽  
Regional Service ◽  
The Impact

From the perspective of generalized virtual economy, considering physical factors and non-physical factors that affect the development of service industry, a system including three terms and 14 indicators is built to evaluate the development of service industry. With K-means clustering, multiple regression and other methods, an empirical study on the factors that affect the development of regional service industry in Sichuan province is conducted. It is derived that the development of regional service industry is mainly pulled by physical factors and the impact of non-physical factors is increasing. Meanwhile, the impact factors of every region are different and the corresponding policies should be adapted.

scholarly journals Impact factors of intention to use paid online newspapers in Vietnam

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-44
Author(s):  
Duyet The Mai ◽  
Trung Quoc Pham
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Newspaper Industry ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Attitude Factor ◽  
The Impact

The explosive growth of the Internet in recent years has led to the development of online newspapers. To survive in the context of printed newspaper sales declining, the global newspaper industry is starting to collect fee from online newspapers’ readers. In Vietnam, the ability to attract readers of online newspapers is still low. In fact, paid online newspapers in Vietnam are still at the trial stage. Therefore, studies to find out the impact factors of intention to use paid online newspapers are very necessary in Vietnam. The proposed research model is built from TPB and other previous researches. Quantitative data were collected through a questionnaire survey with 359 valid participants. By adopting SEM, results showed that the measurement model fitted data well and all hypotheses were acceptable. The study showed that the attitude factor had the largest impact on readers’ intention to pay. For these factors influencing the attitude factor, the perceived benefit factor had the most significantly positive impact and the free mentality factor had the most significantly negative impact. Through this results, some implications to increase the readers’ intention to use paid online newspaper are proposed for service providers and government agencies concerned.

scholarly journals Impact of Rural-Urban Migration Experience on Rice Farmers’ Agricultural Machinery Expenditure: Evidence from China

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 764
Author(s):  
Yiduo Sun ◽  
Ruifa Hu ◽  
Chao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Agricultural Machinery ◽  
Return Migrants ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Migration Experience ◽  
Agricultural Mechanization ◽  
Rural Urban Migration ◽  
The Impact

In China, return migrants’ rural–urban migration experience and its impact on agricultural production have attracted increasing attention. Using the random survey data of 1122 rice farmers from the Yangtze River Basin in 2016, this study utilizes the endogenous treatment–effect model to investigate the impact of rural–urban migration experience on farmers’ agricultural machinery expenditure. The results demonstrate that return migrants with rural–urban migration experience account for 23.3% of the total sampled farmers. After addressing the endogeneity issue, rural–urban migration experience can increase rice farmers’ agricultural machinery expenditure by 500–600 yuan/ha. Meanwhile, the positive impact of rural–urban migration experience on agricultural machinery expenditure is also heterogeneous in terms of farmers’ age and rice farm size. Based on the results, this study proposes assisting return migrants’ engagement in agriculture, supporting agricultural mechanization for the aged farmers, and enhancing the coordination between agricultural mechanization and appropriately scaled agricultural operations.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Consumers Buying Intentions Towards Electric Cars: The Arab Customers’ Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Nidal Ismail Abu-Alkeir
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Electric Cars ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Customers Perspective

The main objective of the study is to examine the impact factors on consumer’s intention towards purchasing hybrid cars from Arab Buyers perspective. Data were collected from a sample of 200 customers in Amman Capital. The study findings are analyzed by IBM SPSS (v22). After testing the five hypotheses using various techniques, it was found that there is a positive impact of price, Reputation of manufacturer, Fuel economy on purchase intention. It also indicates that there is a negative impact of brand image and safety rating on customer intention towards purchasing electric cars. According to these results, the study suggested several recommendations to sales & marketing managers of electric & hybrid cars to improve buyer intentions by take in consideration the price and fuel economy factors and reinforcement the reputation of manufacturer in their marketing activities.

scholarly journals The Impact of Dialect Diversity on the Economy of Ethnic Areas——Taking Sichuan Province as an Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 01153
Author(s):  
Wang Simin ◽  
Li Jiayuan ◽  
Guo Wengjie ◽  
Yang Huilin ◽  
Fei Yang
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Local Dialect ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
Family Language ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Economic Income

Based on the methods of literature survey, interview survey and questionnaire survey, this paper selects Xiaojin, Danba, Kangding, Luding, Puge and Butuo County as the survey sites of multi-ethnic areas in Sichuan Province. After obtaining the first-hand data and data of local dialect usage, family language habits and family economic conditions, it empirically analyzes the relationship between dialect diversity and economic income and comes to a conclusion that in the multi-ethnic areas of Sichuan Province, dialect diversity has a significant negative impact on the level of economic income. On the basis of deepening the understanding of the relevance between language and economy, this paper provides some reference for the government to carry out reasonable language planning in ethnic areas.

scholarly journals Long-Term Atmospheric Visibility Trends and Their Relations to Socioeconomic Factors in Xiamen City, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weicong Fu ◽  
Qunyue Liu ◽  
Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch ◽  
Ziru Chen ◽  
Zhipeng Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Urban Greening ◽  
Industrial Activities ◽  
Atmospheric Visibility ◽  
Xiamen City ◽  
Urban Size ◽  
The Impact

Atmospheric visibility (AV), one of the most concerning environmental issues, has shown a continuous decline in China’s urban areas, especially in Southeastern China. Existing studies have shown that AV is affected by air pollutants and climate change, which are always caused by human activities that are linked to socioeconomic factors, such as urban size, residents’ activities, industrial activities, and urban greening. However, the contribution of socioeconomic factors to AV is still not well understood, especially from a long-term perspective, which sometimes leads to ineffective policies. In this study, we used the structural equation model (SEM) in order to quantify the contribution of socioeconomic factors on AV change in Xiamen City, China, between 1987–2016. The results showed that the annual average AV of Xiamen between 1987–2016 was 12.00 km, with a change rate of −0.315 km/year. Urban size, industrial activities, and residents’ activities were found to have a negative impact on AV, while the impact of urban greening on the AV was modest. Among all of the indicators, the number of resident’s vehicles, total retail sales of consumer goods, and household electricity consumption were found to have the highest negative direct impact on the AV. The resident population, urban built-up area, and secondary industry gross domestic product (GDP) were the most important indirect impact factors. Based on our results, we evaluated the existing environmental regulations and policies of Xiamen City.

scholarly journals Does Culture Affect Farmer Willingness to Transfer Rural Land? Evidence from Southern Fujian, China

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 594
Author(s):  
Jianying Wang ◽  
Yumei Xu ◽  
Lilin Zou ◽  
Ying Wang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Religious Language ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Rural Land ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Land Transfer ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
Transfer Intentions ◽  
The Impact

This research explored the impact of culture on farmer willingness to transfer rural land. Data from 30 interviews and 537 valid survey questionnaires were collected in three villages in Zhangzhou, Fujian, China that are representative of typical Southern Fujian culture. First, a qualitative analysis was conducted based on interview data using NVivo11. Thereafter, a quantitative analysis using structural equation modeling was completed. The results of the field interviews indicated that cultural, economic, and individual factors were the three main influences on willingness of farmers to transfer land. Cultural factors were further classified into folk, religious, language, and family cultures. Religious belief culture had a significant negative impact on farmer willingness to transfer land, while language, family, and folk cultures had significant positive associations with farmer land transfer intentions. It was found that rural culture had a significant influence on farmer willingness to transfer land. The findings will help in developing a more comprehensive theoretical framework for research on this topic.

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