The Impact of Agricultural Socialized Services to Promote the Farmland Scale Management Behavior of Smallholder Farmers: Empirical Evidence from the Rice-Growing Region of Southern China

• DOI: 10.3390/su14010316
• Publication Date: 2021-12-29T07:31:27Z
• Authors: Baozhong Cai; Fang Shi; Yuangji Huang; Meseret Abatechanie
• Keywords: Promotion (chess)

Farmland scale management (FSM) is an essential strategy to establish appropriate for agricultural production, enhance smallholder farmer production efficiency, and improve the utilization rate of farmland. The Chinese government promotes farmland transfer as a tool modern moderate-scale agriculture. However, farmers remain unable afford services inputs required FSM after transferred-in. This paper aims examine impact socialized (ASSs) on behavior through transfer. A theoretical framework household aspect this relationship developed. weighted least squares (WLS) model applied empirically farmers’ decisions expand induced by promotion ASSs based data collected from 741 households in 2020 rice-growing region southern China. findings reveal that have positive significant small FSM. Small regarding affected positively ASSs. increase encourages transfer-in more various steps practice varied according farmers. Our imply should take development one main methods promoting establishment moderate large-scale agriculture rural revitalization. Strengthening policies financial support both private public ASS providers innovation subsidies preferential tax will help reduce input costs profits. provide scientific basis reference