Resource basis, ecosystem and growth of grain family farm in China: Based on rough set theory and hierarchical linear model

Zhang, Xiao; Wu, Lei; Yin, Shuiqing; Lü, Jiao

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2017.03.013

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“…At the city level, investment in sanitation, rewards for MSWSC and other variables were predicted to be associated with MSWSC. When variance decomposition is conducted, the traditional linear model cannot discriminate the group effects of different levels of data because doing so would increase the error term of the model (Gao et al 2017). In consideration of this limitation, this study created individual-level and city-level data to explain the variables affecting participation in MSWSC.…”

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A factor analysis of residents’ performance in municipal solid waste source-separated collection: A case study of pilot cities in China

Zou

Tai²,

Wang

et al. 2019

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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To explore the potential effectiveness of a localized waste recycling system in Chinese cities, several rounds of a municipal solid waste source-separated collection (MSWSC) program were implemented throughout China from 2000 to 2017. In our study, to evaluate the achievements of the MSWSC program, a structured questionnaire survey and face-to-face interviews were conducted in eight representative cities from the MSWSC pilot cities. Influencing factors were examined via a Hierarchical Linear Model (HLM) on both the individual level and the city level. The differences in MSWSC performance among the eight research cities were investigated through a comparative analysis. The results suggested that gender, age, knowledge of MSWSC, satisfaction with sanitation and satisfaction with publicity had significant impacts on MSWSC, and we further found that the city-level factors influenced the relationship between MSWSC performance and the individual-level variables. Differences among the eight research sites indicated that Nanjing and Hangzhou exhibited relatively high achievements in the implementation of MSWSC program, while Yichun and Guiyang showed poor performance. The experiences of these advanced pilot cities suggest that specific containers for designated waste types, widespread public education, and sufficient MSWSC incentives must be provided and publicized to promote municipal solid waste recycling behaviors. Given the unique status of municipal solid waste management in China and its regional heterogeneity, the MSWSC system should be further discussed with regard to local conditions in a wider range of city settings.Implications: This study attempts to discuss the factors affecting performance on municipal solid waste source-separated collection (MSWSC) by considering the nested data of two levels of individual and city from a structured questionnaire survey. Therefore, a Hierarchical Linear Model is established which can analyze the intra-group and inter-group effects of two-level variables. The proposed method can be expanded to other cities to determine the main factors affecting MSWSC or to evaluate the residents' performance on MSWSC.

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Section: Model Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A factor analysis of residents’ performance in municipal solid waste source-separated collection: A case study of pilot cities in China

Zou

Tai²,

Wang

et al. 2019

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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“…Family farms were the first large-scale agricultural production organizations to emerge after the family contract responsibility system, and they developed from small farmers with high productivity. During the period of the HCRS, when members outside the collective could not transfer land, family farms had a positive role in ensuring national food security and improving technology [31][32][33].…”

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Induced Agricultural Production Organizations under the Transition of Rural Land Market: Evidence from China

Guo

2021

Agriculture

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This paper focuses on the impact of a new rural land reform, the Separation of Three Rights Reform, on changes in China’s agricultural production organizations. We illustrate the impact of market and nonmarket mechanisms on allocating agricultural production factors under the new rural land market transition through a land system and factor allocation model. Based on the expansion paths of different types of factors in the model, we classify the development of Chinese agricultural production entities into “extensional expansion,” “labor-intensive expansion,” “land-intensive expansion,” and “exit of agricultural production.” These agricultural production paths correspond to agricultural enterprises, family farms, agricultural cooperatives, and small farmers’ exit. Further, empirical and economic geography analysis results show that the interaction of market and nonmarket mechanisms is the main drive that induces the current diversified organizations in rural China. Thus, this paper provides a comprehensive explanation of changing patterns of an agricultural production organization under the transition of the rural land market.

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“…There are also other factors that contribute to better operation of family farm-educational level of farmers [37,38], management rules and regulations [38], and previous performance [39]. Researchers also pointed out that cultural mode and farmer's age may have an impact on family farm [40].…”

Section: Studies Of Family Farmsmentioning

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A Management and Environmental Performance Evaluation of China’s Family Farms Using an Ultimate Comprehensive Cross-Efficiency Model (UCCE)

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Family farm emerged as a new form of agricultural production organization in China in recent years. For the purpose of sustainable development, decision-makers, such as farm owners and policy makers, require the precise information of a family farm's state of operation to adopt measures for management improvement and agricultural contamination reduction. Considering this, we established two evaluation systems for the measurement of family farms' management and environmental performance. As demonstrated in several recent studies, data envelopment analysis (DEA) cross efficiency is a useful approach for evaluating and comparing the performance of decision-making units (DMUs). Regarding family farms' performance evaluation issues, we modified the traditional average cross-efficiency method to be the ultimate comprehensive cross-efficiency approach with the integration of two statistical quantities based on the full consideration of family farms' unique features, such as vulnerability and seasonality, resulting from the influence of natural and social factors. Our proposed approach presents more excellent characteristics compared with CCR efficiency and average cross efficiency. Several conclusions regarding the operation of China's family farms are drawn: (i) there is weak positive correlation between family farms' management and environmental performance; (ii) there is an increasing trend for both management and environmental efficiency, along with the augmentation of the utilized agricultural area of family farms, and management performance is therefore more significant; (iii) demand for timely technological instruction to improve family farms' management efficiency is expressed by farm owners who are willing to expand; (iv) to improve family farms' environmental performance, several measures-such as introducing biotechnology, providing subsidies, and environmental education for farmers-should be adopted.

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Resource basis, ecosystem and growth of grain family farm in China: Based on rough set theory and hierarchical linear model

Cited by 34 publications

References 35 publications

A factor analysis of residents’ performance in municipal solid waste source-separated collection: A case study of pilot cities in China

A factor analysis of residents’ performance in municipal solid waste source-separated collection: A case study of pilot cities in China

Induced Agricultural Production Organizations under the Transition of Rural Land Market: Evidence from China

A Management and Environmental Performance Evaluation of China’s Family Farms Using an Ultimate Comprehensive Cross-Efficiency Model (UCCE)

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