Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.07.009 |
| Title (Primary) | Market proximity and irrigation infrastructure determine farmland rentals in Sichuan Province, China |
| Author | Leimer, K.; Levers, C.; Sun, Z.; Müller, D. |
| Source Titel | Journal of Rural Studies |
| Year | 2022 |
| Department | CLE |
| Volume | 94 |
| Page From | 375 |
| Page To | 384 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Keywords | Rural development; Land market; Land reform; Decision making; Machine learning; Boosted regression trees; China |
| Abstract | A dynamic market for farmland transactions can contribute to an increase in average farm size and to realising economies of scale in farming. China, with more than 200 million small and fragmented farms, has launched a new wave of land tenure reforms that foster land transfers to increase farm size and to improve agricultural efficiency. However, the factors that influence farmland transactions are far from clear. We aim to understand farmland rental determinants in response to a pilot land reform project in China's south-west Sichuan Province. We collected survey data from 410 farm households and used boosted regression trees to quantify the determinants of the land rentals. Our analyses provide three key findings. First, households with more plots equipped with irrigation infrastructure and closer distances to the nearest town were more likely to rent out land. Second, households rented out a larger share of their land when they had more irrigation infrastructure and lived close to Chengdu, the province capital. Third, the land reform pilot provided a modest but positive stimulus for land rentals. In sum, our results suggest that the supply and demand for land crucially hinges upon plot location and plot infrastructure. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=26435 |
| Leimer, K., Levers, C., Sun, Z., Müller, D. (2022): Market proximity and irrigation infrastructure determine farmland rentals in Sichuan Province, China J. Rural Stud. 94 , 375 - 384 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.07.009 |
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