scholarly journals Farmland Rental Participation, Agricultural Productivity, and Household Income: Evidence from Rural China

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 899
Author(s):  
Wenjing Han ◽  
Zhengfeng Zhang ◽  
Xiaoling Zhang ◽  
Li He
Keyword(s):  
Rural Households ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Rural Land ◽  
Total Income ◽  
Land System ◽  
Rural Land System ◽  
On Farm

The rural land rental market is playing an increasingly important role in the agricultural transformation period for developing countries, including China, where rural farmland rental is highly context-specific with the implementation of the collective-owned rural land system; thus, in turn, the access to farmland rental markets for rural households has profoundly influenced their livelihood strategies and income earnings. This paper investigates the income impact differences caused by rural households’ farmland rental participation activities and explores such impact mechanisms by further evaluating the income impacts caused by rental area and household agricultural productivity. Data from the Chinese national household survey were used for estimating the empirical models. Our results show that farmland renting has positively affected households’ on-farm and total income, but there is no significant effect upon off-farm income. According to income differences across quantiles, we find households with high on-farm income are more sensitive about enlarging their farm size by renting farmland, and households with middle and upper-middle off-income may benefit more from renting out their farmland. Furthermore, the joint effects of renting area and household agricultural productivity on lessee households’ farm income is significantly positive. For lessor households, our results indicate that renting out farmland did not improve their off-farm and total income as it may have a limited effect on farm household labor distribution. Our findings suggest that engaging in farmland rental activity can enhance farming productivity efficiency and poverty alleviation among rural households. Under the collective-owned rural land system, it is urgent and necessary to initiate and design incentive policies to encourage highly efficient large farms to expand the farm size and provide smallholders with equal opportunities to engage in farmland rental activities.

Rural land system reforms in China: History, issues, measures and prospects

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 104330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Zhou ◽  
Xunhuan Li ◽  
Yansui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Rural Land ◽  
Land System ◽  
Rural Land System

scholarly journals Effects of Multiple Risks on Farm Income and Willingness to Pay for Agricultural Insurance: A Case Study of the Greater Accra Region in Ghana

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Frederick Murdoch Quaye
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Agricultural Insurance ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Multiple Risks ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Greater Accra Region

<p>This paper analyzes the determinants of farm income among farmers producing crops and animals in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It further estimates the willingness to pay for agricultural insurance by farmers. The farm income function was evaluated using a logarithmic function in which farm income is regressed as a function of determinants affecting it. The econometric results suggest that gender, education, farm size, farming experience, fertilizer usage and input cost all have a positive and statistically significant association with farm income. The results indicate that when investing in agriculture in the study region, weather hazards and pest and disease attacks are two important risk factors that need to be considered in the implementation of insurance policies since they have and statistically significant negative associations with farm income. The paper further observes that weather and pest/disease attacks are two significant risk factors that tend to influence farmers’ willingness to adopt and pay for agricultural insurance.</p>

scholarly journals The Effect of the Comprehensive Rural Village Development Program on Farm Income in South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6877
Author(s):  
Eunji Choi ◽  
Jonghoon Park ◽  
Seongwoo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Rural Village ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
On Farm ◽  
The Impact

Faced with an aging and declining population, many governments around the world endeavor to revitalize their rural communities in a sustainable manner. In South Korea, the Comprehensive Rural Village Development Program (CRVDP) was carried out from 2004 to 2013 as a key strategy to reinvigorate rural areas. This study aims to conduct an ex-post quantitative evaluation of the effectiveness of the CRVDP in boosting rural households’ farm income. In doing so, the present study adopts quasi-experimental research design that is seldom utilized in assessing rural policies. As an alternative evaluation tool with flexibility for using readily available data, the study employed the combined application of the Heckman selection model and the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition method. The study revealed a significant positive impact of the Program on farm income of rural households in the program-supported areas from both cross-sectional and longitudinal perspectives. A robust causal estimation of the impact of this bottom-up, multi-sectoral rural development program on farm income is achieved, which can be leveraged to widely promote similar type of rural development approach.

Online Legal System Popularization of Rural Land System

2014 ◽  
Vol 926-930 ◽  
pp. 3854-3857
Author(s):  
Xao Ling Zhang ◽  
Fang Li
Keyword(s):  
Land Rights ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Rural Land ◽  
Specific Design ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Law System ◽  
Land System ◽  
Land Transfer ◽  
Theoretical Construction ◽  
Rural Land System

Recently, the self-employed do not respect the land rights of farmers, forcing farmers to transfer land, free of illegal interception land transfer revenue; do not respect the wishes of farmers, forced recruitment of illegal occupation of farmer contracted land, to compensate for low prices, such as a very serious problem. Discussion from the institutional reasons, there are some flaws of the current land law system. From the theoretical construction site briefly describes the contents of the configuration pre-planning the construction site, the site specific design, site hardware and software facilities, administer the site core information website and promotion, website maintenance and other aspects of the latter.

Analysis on the Driving Force of China's Rural Land Circulation

2013 ◽  
Vol 772 ◽  
pp. 872-877
Author(s):  
Hai Xia Zhang ◽  
Yue Ming Xu ◽  
Mei Shi Dong
Keyword(s):  
Driving Force ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Agricultural Product ◽  
Rural Land ◽  
Product Price ◽  
Land System ◽  
Agricultural Mechanization ◽  
Land Circulation ◽  
Rural Land System

The circulation of rural land in China's agriculture and rural development to a certain stage of the product, an effective improvement of the rural land system in the implementation of the present the household contract responsibility system on the basis of, is the realization of Urbanization, the breakthrough and the key of agricultural modernizatio. Economic driving force is the main reason of the circulation of agricultural land, policies and regulations and institutional change, labour force transfer, agricultural product price. The degree of Agricultural Mechanization, the degree of Agricultural Mechanization, comprehensive function of social culture, to promote the circulation of farmland. This paper uses the method of regression analysis, cause analysis of rural land circulation in China, in order to explore long-term mechanism of agricultural land transfer.

scholarly journals Factors influencing the adoption of improved vegetable production practices among women farmers in Aguata-Agricultural Zone, Anambra State, Nigeria

Agrosearch ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-81
Author(s):  
L.E. Odoemlam ◽  
F.C. Nzeakor
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Women Farmers ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
Adoption Level ◽  
On Farm

The study examined the level and determinants of adoption of improved vegetable production practices in the study area. A three-stage sampling procedure was used in the selection of 160 respondents. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and Probit regression model. Results on adoption level of the selected improved vegetable production practices indicated that improved seeds had a grand mean of 𝑥̅ = 3.17, field preparation (𝑥̅ = 3.19), planting distance (𝑥̅ = 2.99), water management (𝑥̅ = 3.43), fertilizer/organic manure application (𝑥̅ = 3.55), pesticides (𝑥̅ = 2.57), harvesting ( 𝑥̅= 5.00) and storage procedure (𝑥̅ = 4.89) based on 5-point Likert scale adoption level. On factors influencing adoption of improved vegetable production practices, the result revealed that farm size (1.00188***), credit access (4.704902**), on-farm demonstration (2.900749**) and farm labour (1.295902***) had a positive and significant influence on improved vegetable production practices by the respondents. The result further indicated that the age (0.3135258***) and the off-farm income (0.0870768) of the farmers had a negative influence on the adoption of improved vegetable production practices. Based on these findings, the study revealed that the women farmers could have full adoption of the improved production practices if the factors are adequately addressed. The study therefore recommends that before the introduction of a new technology, the ADPs should ensure that maximum audience analysis is carried out to address some of the factors influencing adoption. Besides, introduction of new technologies to farmers should go hand-in-hand with on-farm demonstration since it is by that they would develop confidence and allay their fears associated with improved practices.

scholarly journals STUDY ON LIVELIHOOD DYNAMICS OF RURAL HOUSEHOLD OF MUNGELI DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH STATE INDIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neha Dhruw ◽  
Ajay Tegar
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Rural Household ◽  
Retail Trade ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Size Groups ◽  
The Government

The study was carried out to study the livelihood dynamics of rural household of Mungeli district of Chhattisgarh state. Two blocks namely Lormi and Mungeli were taken into consideration for the study. A total sample size of 89 farmers was made from 07 villages. The study finds that the largest participation of rural household was in the livelihood activities like agriculture (crop production) with 95.50 per cent and non-farm (construction) with 26.96 per cent. Agriculture and non-farm were identified as the main two sources of income for rural households. The participation in both the livelihood activities estimated 84.96 per cent and 12.39 per cent respectively. Crop production and horticulture (vegetable production) were the main contributors to the farm income of rural households their contribution being 62.67 per cent and 24.29 per cent. PersonalSocial services and whole sale-retail trade-small stall were the main contributors to the non-farm income of rural households their contribution being 16.99 per cent and 3.62 per cent. The degree of diversification was found to be greater with 0.56 per cent among the landless and those belonging to lower farm-size groups. Shortage of irrigation water leads to certain problems including lower yields, decrease cultivated area. Therefore, the government should form efficient and strong policies for the better management of available water resources, ensuring equal availability to every farmer.

Measurement of on-farm diversification in Vietnam

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diep Thanh Tung
Keyword(s):  
Regional Differences ◽  
Markov Chain Model ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
Total Income ◽  
Economic Shocks ◽  
Farm Diversification ◽  
Northern Regions ◽  
On Farm

This study aims to assess levels of on-farm diversification in Vietnam. The results reflect regional differences in terms of on-farm diversification and its determinants. Households in northern regions have adapted to the fragmented and small-sized parcels of land by diversifying their on-farm activities. In contrast, the Mekong Delta region in the south of Vietnam is characterized by larger agricultural parcels and a specialization in rice production. Land use fragmentation, as reflected by a large number of plots in a given area, is one of the most important reasons for the high levels of on-farm diversification, while the higher share of non-farm income in total income is the reason of lower levels of on-farm diversification. Households have reacted to natural and economic shocks by diversifying their on-farm activities. The non-stationary Markov chain model used here shows various diversification scenarios and trends. In most cases, the on-farm diversification is expected to reduce in coming years.

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