Farmers’ Intentions to Lease Forestland: Evidence from Rural China

Xiao-yong, LI; Cirella, Giuseppe T.; Wen, Yali; Xie, Yi

doi:10.3390/land9030078

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“…Farmers who understood the concepts of ecological protection and environmental awareness recognized the ecological role of the GGP and, therefore, were satisfied with its effectiveness. Farmers who believe that returning farmland to forests was beneficial to the environment were more satisfied with the GGP and were more willing to participate, but this support may contain practical elements [30]. Therefore, in the "participation willingness without subsidy" item, this "belief" did not show a significant positive effect [31,32].…”

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Farmers’ Attitudes and Perceptions and the Effects of the Grain for Green Project in China: A Case Study in the Loess Plateau

Guo

Feng

et al. 2022

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The Grain for Green Project (GGP) aims to protect and improve the ecological environment, end farming on sloping farmland, and plant trees and restore forest vegetation. China’s GGP has been widely implemented, but its impact on the environment is rarely evaluated from farmers’ perspectives. This study took place in Zhidan and Yanchang Counties, Shaanxi Province. Farmers’ attitudes towards the GGP were investigated through semi-structured interviews to understand their perceptions of changes in ecosystem services and their level of ecological awareness, as well as analyzing which factors had the greatest impact on them. Our results indicate that some farmers are not satisfied with the GGP and are unwilling to participate in future GGPs, which is not only due to the dissatisfaction with subsidies offered but also because the needs of the farmers have been ignored. From the perspective of farmers, the GGP has greatly reduced soil erosion and air pollution but has had no effect on improving water quality and protecting biodiversity. More male farmers are willing to participate, and farmers with higher levels of education are more satisfied with the GGP. We also found that the level of understanding of ecological cognition affected farmers’ attitudes, and farmers with different levels of knowledge differ in their willingness to participate. Our research found that many farmers were dissatisfied with the GGP. To improve this situation, it is necessary to improve the ecological awareness of farmers. At the same time, policy makers should also further understand the needs of farmers in order to make reasonable management strategies.

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Farmers’ Attitudes and Perceptions and the Effects of the Grain for Green Project in China: A Case Study in the Loess Plateau

Guo

Feng

et al. 2022

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“…As a country with strong governmental power, China's government policy and attitude play an important role in forest land transfer behavior [13]. Some scholars also believe that the resource endowment of farmers also affect forest land transfer behavior [14][15][16]. As Markowski-Lindsay et al [7] believe, age, forest area and education level have a significant impact on forest land transfer plans.…”

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The Influence of Farmers’ Cognition on Forest Land Transfer Behavior: A Case Study of Chengdu City

Cheng,

Liu,

et al. 2023

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In the context of China’s forest rights reform, promoting forest land circulation is the key to revitalizing forest land resources and promoting the development of the forestry industry. Based on the theoretical analysis of the effect of farmers’ cognition on forest land transfer behavior, data from 790 farmers in typical areas of Chengdu were used for empirical testing with the binary logit model. At the same time, the effects of the cognitive differences of the farmers with different education levels on forest land circulation are discussed. Finally, appropriate instrumental variables were selected to modify the model, and the IV probit model was used to test the endogeneity of the model. The results showed that the (1) farmers’ cognition had a significant positive effect on the forest land transfer behavior. Among them, in the order of the degree of impact, were the following: ecological cognition, policy cognition, risk cognition, social regulation, and benefit cognition. (2) Among the groups with different education levels, farmers with lower education levels will consider more aspects than farmers with higher education levels when choosing to transfer forest land. By broadening the research into the cognitive composition of farmers, this study deepens our understanding of the influence of farmers’ cognition on forest land transfer behavior. Moreover, it is found that Chinese farmers have strong ecological rationality in addition to economic rationality, and ecological cognition plays a greater role in forest land transfer behavior than benefit cognition, which is of considerable significance for further research on forest land transfer behavior.

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“…One major reason for incurring debt for rural households in China is medical expenses (e.g. see Li et al, 2020)—households with members with poor health are less likely to have migrant workers who earn wages. Another possible explanation of the income–expense gap is that household income was under‐reported in the survey, especially for those engaged in informal work.…”

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Rethinking dispossession: The livelihood consequences of land expropriation in contemporary rural China

2022

Journal of Agrarian Change

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Land expropriation is a major source of conflict in contemporary rural China. Existing research tends to frame land expropriation as ‘dispossession’—local governments expropriating land to pursue economic growth at the expense of villagers' welfare. However, systematic evidence on the livelihood impacts of land expropriation is limited, which has made assessing this interpretation difficult. This study uses nationally representative longitudinal data to examine the immediate effects of land expropriation on villagers' livelihoods as well as how they evolve over the following years. It finds that households with migrant workers saw significant socio‐economic gains after land expropriation through both increased wage income and government compensation. Households without migrant workers, on the other hand, experienced a small deterioration in their socio‐economic position as their income remained stagnant while their living costs increased. These findings cast a different light on the dispossession thesis not only because a significant portion of the rural population makes socio‐economic gains after land expropriation but also by problematizing assumptions that smallholding agriculture is necessarily the most desirable source of livelihood for villagers. Instead, it calls for attention to villagers' increasingly diversified livelihood strategies, as well as the multifaceted role of the state in the process.

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Farmers’ Intentions to Lease Forestland: Evidence from Rural China

Cited by 11 publications

References 63 publications

Farmers’ Attitudes and Perceptions and the Effects of the Grain for Green Project in China: A Case Study in the Loess Plateau

Farmers’ Attitudes and Perceptions and the Effects of the Grain for Green Project in China: A Case Study in the Loess Plateau

The Influence of Farmers’ Cognition on Forest Land Transfer Behavior: A Case Study of Chengdu City

Rethinking dispossession: The livelihood consequences of land expropriation in contemporary rural China

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