Impact of reform of collective forest use rights on farmers’ production activities and incomes in Heishui village, West Yunnan province, People’s Republic of China

Lan Li (), Jirawan Kitchaicharoen () and Manfred Zeller ()
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Lan Li: Chiang Mai University
Jirawan Kitchaicharoen: Chiang Mai University
Manfred Zeller: University of Hohenheim

The Empirical Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 1, issue 2, 13-32

Abstract: Inconsistent and poorly enforced property rights led many not only environmental problems, but economical development restriction as well. A forest tenure reform called “Reform of Collective Forest Use Rights” (RCFUR) has been implemented in rural areas of China to deal with problems of property right. The study aims to assess the impact of RCFUR on farmers’ land use and income generating activities at the household level in order to better inform future policy decisions. After surveys and fieldwork in Heishui village at Yunnan province, linear programming models were built to simulate farmers’ productive activities. The model results illustrate that household economic well-being can be explicitly enhanced in the study village after implementing RCFUR, but contribution is currently limited. Only giving use right of collective forest is not enough; government still needs to implement other assorted supported policies.

Keywords: Forest tenure; Reform of collective forest use rights (RCFUR); Linear Programming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A11 B17 C63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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