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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.
Sec. Land, Livelihoods and Food Security
Volume 8 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1412095

The impact of land consolidation on farmer income: evidence from high-standard farmland construction in China

Provisionally accepted
Xiaoxuan Chen Xiaoxuan Chen Zhou Xue Zhou Xue Guoying Han Guoying Han Qiang Gao Qiang Gao *
  • Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China

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    Land consolidation has become an organized and widely implemented project in rural areas. However, research remains somewhat scarce on the contributing mechanism of land consolidation to farmer income in developing countries. Using provincial panel data from China, this study employs a fixed effects model to analyze the influence of high-standard farmland construction on farmer income and underlying mechanisms. Results suggest that the implementation of high-standard farmland construction can significantly augment farmer income. Reduction in agricultural production cost, improvement in agricultural management benefit and increase in non-farm income have led to the boost in income. The relationship between income and high-standard farmland construction exhibits regional disparities, with the most significant impacts concentrated in economically developed areas and low relief degree areas. Our findings suggest that it is imperative for the Chinese government to persistently promote the establishment of high-standard farmland, and further enhance its positive influence on advancing agricultural cost-effectiveness and expanding non-farm income channels for farmers.

    Keywords: Land consolidation, High-standard farmland construction, Farmer income, Two-way fixed effects, China

    Received: 04 Apr 2024; Accepted: 25 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Chen, Xue, Han and Gao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Qiang Gao, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China

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