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The Effect of Peasants Differentiation on Peasants’ Willingness and Behavior Transformation of Land Transfer: Evidence from Sichuan Province, China

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  • Zhixing Ma

    (College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China)

  • Ruiping Ran

    (College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China)

  • Dingde Xu

    (College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
    Sichuan Center for Rural Development Research, College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China)

Abstract

Based on the survey data of 540 peasants in Sichuan Province, the probit and unordered multi-classification logistic model regression models were used to explore peasants’ differentiation on the transformation of willingness and behavior of land transfer and to provide a theoretical and empirical basis for promoting land intensification and large-scale management. The results show the following: (1) There is a significant negative correlation between the intention and behavior of part-time peasants, multiple occupations peasants, and non-agricultural peasants. (2) Part-time peasants and non-agricultural peasants promoted the change in willingness and behavior of land transfer out; part-time peasants, multiple occupations peasants, and non-agricultural peasants all promoted the willingness and behavior transformation of land transfer in. (3) The heterogeneity analysis results show that different household heads ages, the proportion of labor force in the total population of the household, and the terrain of cultivated land significantly impact peasants’ willingness and behavior of land transfer. Peasants’ non-agricultural differentiation is an important way to promote the rapid development of land transfer. The government should strengthen skills training and guidance services, broaden the channels for peasants to increase income, optimize the market environment of land transfer, and improve the social security system related to land transfer in order to promote the industrialization and large-scale development of agriculture.

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  • Zhixing Ma & Ruiping Ran & Dingde Xu, 2023. "The Effect of Peasants Differentiation on Peasants’ Willingness and Behavior Transformation of Land Transfer: Evidence from Sichuan Province, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-15, January.
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