Can Agricultural Direct Subsidy Activate the Subjectivity of Farmers?——Empirical Analysis Based on Survey Data from Hunan and Hubei Provinces
Based on the theory of incentive compatibility and marginal reward theory,and ac-cording to the survey data of Hunan and Hubei provinces in 2023,we analyzes whether the agri-cultural direct subsidy policy can activate the farmers'subjectivity.The results show a decreasing trend of marginal benefit between the income-increasing effect of agricultural direct subsidies and the improvement of farmers'subjectivity.Agricultural direct subsidies on the low per capita an-nual income of households,small farmers to enhance the subjectivity more obvious,and better endowment conditions,especially farmers who have better capital endowment have another sub-jective activation mechanism.Given this,we should continue using agricultural direct subsidies to provide small and medium-sized farmers with an"income safety net"for survival and develop-ment.We suggest increasing agricultural direct subsidy projects or other preferential social wel-fare projects,increasing the attractiveness of agriculture and rural areas to large growers and po-tential urban farmers,combining regular quantitative calculations with policy objectives,and im-proving the efficiency of agriculture-related financial funds.
agricultural direct subsidiesfarmers'subjectivityrural revitalization