The impact of increasing farm size and mechanization on rural income and rice production in Zhejiang province,China |
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Authors: | M. Marrit Van den Berg Huib Hengsdijk Joost Wolf Martin K. Van Ittersum Wang Guanghuo Reimund P. Roetter |
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Affiliation: | 1. Plant Production Systems Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;3. Alterra, Soil Science Centre, Wageningen UR, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;4. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China |
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Abstract: | Economic growth in China’s agricultural sector lags behind growth in industry and services, creating an ever widening rural–urban income gap. Development of the non-agricultural sectors offers new opportunities for farmers in China’s more advanced provinces such as Zhejiang. Increased income in the urban sector creates markets for new products, and migrating farmers rent their land to those staying. Until now, the prevailing rice-based systems have been managed mainly using manual labour and animal traction, but the larger farms resulting from migration may facilitate, or even require mechanization. In this study, we use a simulation model of the farm household to analyse the effects of increasing farm size and the transition from rice to vegetable production, while also studying the effects of mechanization. |
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Keywords: | Farm size Income growth Mechanization Crop diversification China |
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