Effects of Land Transfer on Farmer Households’ Straw Resource Utilization in Rural Western China

Fengwan Zhang, Wenfeng Zhou, Jia He, Chen Qing and Dingde Xu ()
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Fengwan Zhang: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Wenfeng Zhou: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Jia He: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Chen Qing: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Dingde Xu: College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: With the continuous emphasis of the country on the construction of ecological civilization, promoting the utilization of straw resources has become an important measure to achieve green agricultural development. Based on the survey data of 540 households in Sichuan Province and under the guidance of the theory of planned behavior, this paper constructed the IV-Probit model to explore the impact of land transfer on the straw resource utilization of households. The results show that: (1) land transfer in and land transfer out can significantly promote the utilization of straw resources by farmers. (2) Heterogeneity analysis showed that land transfer in had a positive effect on crop straw utilization of the new generation and large-scale farmers. (3) Land transfer in can promote the utilization of straw resources by improving farmers’ economic cognition and efficacy cognition; land transfer out can promote the utilization of straw resources by improving farmers’ efficacy cognition. Accordingly, the government should improve the land transfer market, increase technology propaganda, and create an excellent policy environment to promote farmers’ participation in straw resource utilization.

Keywords: land transfer; utilization of straw resources; rural (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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