Peasant Household Diversification and Associated Differences in Willingness to Renew Land Contract
Rapid economic and social development continues to reshape the income structure and land utilization patterns of peasant households in rural China.As the second round of national land contracting approaches its end,it remained unclear whether different types of peasant households had unanimous willingness to maintain current land contracting.In this study,based on data from 3804 peasant households collected during the 2020 China Rural Revitalization Survey,it employed an endogenous treatment effect model to examine the impact of peasant household diversification on willingness to renew land contracting.(1)Peasant households in China had evolved into four types:survival-oriented,lifestyle-oriented,production-oriented,and functional-oriented smallholders,accounting for 2％,70％,1％,and 27％of the reviewed sample,respectively,with 45％of the households desiring to adjust the land after the second round of the contracting expires.(2)Compared to subsistence-oriented smallholders,there was no significant difference in the willingness to extend land contracting for production-oriented smallholders,while lifestyle-oriented and functional-oriented smallholders expressed a stronger willingness to maintain stable contracting relationships.(3)Lifestyle-oriented and functional-oriented smallholders in regions with abundant market resources,hilly areas,and non-urban districts prefer long-term stability in land contracting.To effectively address the contradiction between stable farmland management and farmer households'demands for land adjustment,to ease human-land relations,and to ensure the smooth progress of land system reform in China,two suggestions are proposed:(1)respect the reality of peasant household diversification and implement differentiated land policies for diversified households.(2)Fully consider the constraints of resource endowments in different regions and explore land contract extension and adjustment policies according to local conditions.The research findings provide a scientific reference for advancing the implementation of land policies.
land contractingpeasant household diversificationland adjustmentland transferwillingness to land contracting
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