Survival Predicament and Recommendations for Second Generation Farmers in Northwest China

Peng Liu and Le Ding

Asian Agricultural Research, 2016, vol. 08, issue 12, 3

Abstract: The second generation farmers in northwest of China have difficulties in employment after receiving general higher education, and vocational and technical education is not perfect on the whole. Besides, it is easy for them to become to marginal people in cities. However, returning home and business startup also face many obstacles. Selling land for money brings great hidden trouble for survival. It is recommended that the government should carry out reform from the aspects of quality of work, investment assistance, popularization of law education, rural policy, and people’s livelihood. Through increasing the investment, policy support, and education leading measures, the government will make great efforts to improve the quality of life, to help ordinary second generation farmers get out of the survival predicament.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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