Evaluating Whether Farmland Consolidation Is a Feasible Way to Achieve a Balance of Potential Crop Production in Southeastern Coastal China

Chen Li (), Xiangmu Jin, Junjun Zhi, Yao Luo, Mengni Li and Wangbing Liu
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Chen Li: School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
Xiangmu Jin: School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Junjun Zhi: School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
Yao Luo: School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
Mengni Li: School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
Wangbing Liu: Anhui Provincial Territorial Space Planning Institute, Hefei 230601, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-17

Abstract: The requisition–compensation balance of farmland (RCBF) policy proposes that all farmland requisitioned for development must be compensated with new farmland, of which the continued implementation in economically developed counties in China faces great challenges. The extent to which a balance of potential crop production can be achieved merely through farmland consolidation has important theoretical and practical significance. This study proposes measurement procedures to investigate this degree and takes seven counties in southeastern coastal China as examples on which to conduct an empirical study. The results show the following: (1) there is a significant negative correlation between GDP and the index of the balance of potential crop production of each county, that is, the more developed the county, the lower the potential to achieve the balance; (2) with an increase in elevation, the possibility of increasing potential crop production shows an inverted U-shaped curve, with the maximum values occurring at elevations between 50 and 500 m and more attention should be paid to farmland with an elevation of between 50 m and 500 m when implementing farmland consolidation projects; (3) although it is difficult for economically developed counties to strike a balance of potential crop production merely through farmland consolidation, the potential of which to compensate for the loss of potential crop production from requisition is great, reaching more than 40%, which plays an important role in realizing the requisition–compensation balance of potential crop production; and (4) the potential of farmland consolidation to compensate for the loss of potential crop production and the difference of which between counties should be paid adequate attention when implementing RCBF policy adjustment. Therefore, the proposed approach illustrated in this study clearly reveals the relationship between the loss of potential crop production from requisition and the compensation of potential crop production by farmland consolidation, which has important implications for the adjustment of the RCBF policy in China.

Keywords: requisition–compensation balance of farmland (RCBF); potential crop production; quality improvement of farmland; farmland consolidation; economically developed counties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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