Yanfei Lu, Meiqiu Chen, Zhenlin Weng
The Research Center on Rural Land Resources Use and Protection, Jiangxi Agriculture University
Abstract:Rural households in China are now diversifying from full-time agriculture to part-time griculture where they are engaging in different off-farm activities along with farming. Understanding the driving factors that affect the peasant households' part-time farming behavior has significant implications for rural developing and farm income support policy. This study intend to identify the driving factors to affect the peasant households' part-time farming behavior and present some corresponding proposals. A total sample of 2074 households from 3 district 9 provinces was selected through purposive sampling technique. While confirming some findings of previous research with respect to the effects of human capital and household peasant characteristics on part-time farming participation, this study shows differential impact of those variables. The results show that the degree of part-time farming in eastern China is higher than that in central and western China. There is a small difference between central and western China. The top 5 factors influencing the peasant household's part-time behavior, in order, are the area of farmland per capita (AFC), the distance from village to county center (TCC), the proportion of paddy field (PPF), the distance from village to town center (TTC), and the householder's age (A). It shows that the influencing factors vary among different regions based on the analysis of eastern, central and western China. The study recommends the implementation of policies that facilitate rural off-farm activities and enhance balanced economic growth of the country.
摘要：中国的农村家庭目前正在从全职农业向兼职农业多样化发展，他们在从事农业的同时还从事不同的非农活动。了解影响农户兼职农业行为的驱动因素对农村发展和农业收入支持政策具有重要意义。本研究旨在确定影响农户兼业行为的驱动因素，并提出相应的建议。通过目的性抽样技术，从9个省的3个地区抽取了2074个家庭作为样本。本研究在证实了前人关于人力资本和农户特征对兼业务农参与影响的一些研究结论的同时,揭示了这些变量的差异影响。结果显示，中国东部地区的兼职农业程度高于中部和西部地区。而中部和西部的差异较小。影响农户兼职行为的前5个因素依次是人均耕地面积（AFC）、村庄到镇中心的距离（TCC）、水田比例（PPF）、水田面积（PPF）、水田面积（PPF）和户主的年龄（A）。基于东、中、西部地区的分析,表明各地区的影响因素存在差异。本研究建议实施促进农村非农活动的政策，加强国家的经济平衡增长。
原文链接：Drivers of the peasant households’ part-time farming behavior in China
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