Does Farmland Size Affect the Collective Action in Rural Areas? An Empirical Study on the Public Irrigation System in China
Since smallholders accounted for a high proportion of 98.1% among the 207 million agricultural business households across China, it is particularly important to study the impact of farmland size on the provision of public goods attached to the public sector industries from the perspective of the irr...
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doaj-ea3a83d0ea76437bb94910bc9979e5b62021-09-21T15:15:58ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422021-01-012920102810.1051/e3sconf/202129201028e3sconf_netid21_01028Does Farmland Size Affect the Collective Action in Rural Areas? An Empirical Study on the Public Irrigation System in ChinaZang Liangzhen0Su Yiqing1Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesSchool of Public Policy and Management, Guangxi UniversitySince smallholders accounted for a high proportion of 98.1% among the 207 million agricultural business households across China, it is particularly important to study the impact of farmland size on the provision of public goods attached to the public sector industries from the perspective of the irrigation collective action in rural areas. Based on the survey data of 283 villages in China, this paper finds that the farmland size has a positive impact on irrigation collective action, although the average of per capita farmland area is only 0.214 hectares in each household of China. Therefore, it is necessary to promote the farmland scale operation by land circulation, so as to improve the ability of collective action and the development of public sector industries in rural areas of China.https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2021/68/e3sconf_netid21_01028.pdf |
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Does Farmland Size Affect the Collective Action in Rural Areas? An Empirical Study on the Public Irrigation System in China |
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Does Farmland Size Affect the Collective Action in Rural Areas? An Empirical Study on the Public Irrigation System in China |
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Since smallholders accounted for a high proportion of 98.1% among the 207 million agricultural business households across China, it is particularly important to study the impact of farmland size on the provision of public goods attached to the public sector industries from the perspective of the irrigation collective action in rural areas. Based on the survey data of 283 villages in China, this paper finds that the farmland size has a positive impact on irrigation collective action, although the average of per capita farmland area is only 0.214 hectares in each household of China. Therefore, it is necessary to promote the farmland scale operation by land circulation, so as to improve the ability of collective action and the development of public sector industries in rural areas of China. |
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