How reliable are cultivated land assets as social security for Chinese farmers?

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104318

	How reliable are cultivated land assets as social security for Chinese farmers?
	Wang, Yahui 1,2,3; Li, Xiubin 3,4; He, Huiyan 1; Xin, Liangjie 3; Tan, Minghong 3,4
刊名	LAND USE POLICY
	2020
卷号	90 页码:10
关键词	Social security theory of cropland Land abandonment Rent-free land transfer Cropland contract rights Mountainous areas
ISSN号	0264-8377
DOI	10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104318
通讯作者	Li, Xiubin(lixb@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	The social security theory of cropland, which considers cropland as being the lifeblood or having a social security function, has been accepted in political and academic circles in China since the 1980s. This idea suggests that cropland assets are the most important means of social security for fanners and thus that cropland cannot be marketwise. In reality, the function of cropland as social security depends on its asset value. In recent years, the phenomena of rent-free land transfer and land abandonment have become increasingly prominent in mountainous areas, and the asset value of cropland in such areas has experienced a great decline. The study regards cropland with contract rights as an asset for farmers and systematically estimates the asset value of cropland as social security by using rural permanent observation sites and cost-benefit data compilation of national agricultural products from 1986 to 2015. For most farmers, their cropland has essentially lost original social security function, and they can no longer support basic livelihood demands if they rely only on contracted cropland and the social security theory of cropland must be re-examined. It is difficult to stand against the market-oriented reform of land element according to the above argue, which provides an opportunity for the transfer of cropland contract rights within a certain range. Moreover, it is difficult to dispose the land management right as collateral for the bank and the loan amount of cropland as collateral can be obtained is few; this also requires a moderate transfer of cropland contract rights. To prevent land concentration and merger in rural areas, the government should liberalize the transfer of land contract rights in an appropriate and orderly manner. First, a market access system should be established; for example, cropland contract rights may be only allowed to be transferred among farmers in the early stage. Second, land contract rights may be transferred within counties and then gradually at the levels of prefecture-level cities or provincial level.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41901232] ; Key Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China[41930757] ; Youth Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research of the Ministry of Education[19XJCZH006] ; Chongqing Social Science Planning Project[2018BS59] ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[swu118054]
WOS关键词	FRAGMENTATION ; IMPACT ; AGRICULTURE ; CIRCULATION ; ABANDONMENT ; FARMLAND
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000503093800031
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Key Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research of the Ministry of Education ; Chongqing Social Science Planning Project ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/130926]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Li, Xiubin
作者单位	1.Southwest Univ, Sch Geog Sci, 2 Tiansheng Rd, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China 2.Southwest Univ, State Cultivat Base Ecoagr Southwest Mt Land, 2 Tiansheng Rd, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, 11A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, 11A Datun Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Yahui,Li, Xiubin,He, Huiyan,et al. How reliable are cultivated land assets as social security for Chinese farmers?[J]. LAND USE POLICY,2020,90:10.
APA	Wang, Yahui,Li, Xiubin,He, Huiyan,Xin, Liangjie,&Tan, Minghong.(2020).How reliable are cultivated land assets as social security for Chinese farmers?.LAND USE POLICY,90,10.
MLA	Wang, Yahui,et al."How reliable are cultivated land assets as social security for Chinese farmers?".LAND USE POLICY 90(2020):10.