Understanding the differences in cultivated land protection behaviors between smallholders and professional farmers in Hainan Province, China
Cultivated land protection and quality improvement have become inevitable requirements for alleviating ecological and environmental pressure and sustainable agricultural development. It is of practical significance to explore the differences and causes of cultivated land protection behaviors (CLPB)...
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| description | Cultivated land protection and quality improvement have become inevitable requirements for alleviating ecological and environmental pressure and sustainable agricultural development. It is of practical significance to explore the differences and causes of cultivated land protection behaviors (CLPB) between smallholders and professional farmers for formulating targeted protection policies and improving their effectiveness. Based on 422 mango farmers' survey data in Hainan Province, this paper explored the internal and external characteristics between smallholders and professional farmers, and used the Fairlie decomposition method to compare and analyze the sources of differences in farmers' CLPB. The results showed that: (1) the CLPB of smallholders and professional farmers differ significantly; (2) the sources of differences in CLPB between smallholders and professional farmers are different, including differences in internal characteristics and differences in external characteristics; (3) differences in internal characteristics are the main cause of the differences in farmer's CLPB, and the contribution of differences in external characteristics was smaller, of which planting years, annual household income and planting scale are the top three factors. It is suggested that differential protection policies should be designed for smallholders and professional farmers, such as guiding smallholders to carry out large-scale operations and improve their organizational level, encouraging and guiding professional farmers to sign long-term contracts to stabilize the land tenure, and formulating subsidy policies for cultivated land protection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d84adea7f4646d9931c49bacbcf16fd2023-01-27T05:23:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2023-01-01710.3389/fsufs.2023.10816711081671Understanding the differences in cultivated land protection behaviors between smallholders and professional farmers in Hainan Province, ChinaTao XuHaojie ChenYifan JiDan QiaoFang WangCultivated land protection and quality improvement have become inevitable requirements for alleviating ecological and environmental pressure and sustainable agricultural development. It is of practical significance to explore the differences and causes of cultivated land protection behaviors (CLPB) between smallholders and professional farmers for formulating targeted protection policies and improving their effectiveness. Based on 422 mango farmers' survey data in Hainan Province, this paper explored the internal and external characteristics between smallholders and professional farmers, and used the Fairlie decomposition method to compare and analyze the sources of differences in farmers' CLPB. The results showed that: (1) the CLPB of smallholders and professional farmers differ significantly; (2) the sources of differences in CLPB between smallholders and professional farmers are different, including differences in internal characteristics and differences in external characteristics; (3) differences in internal characteristics are the main cause of the differences in farmer's CLPB, and the contribution of differences in external characteristics was smaller, of which planting years, annual household income and planting scale are the top three factors. It is suggested that differential protection policies should be designed for smallholders and professional farmers, such as guiding smallholders to carry out large-scale operations and improve their organizational level, encouraging and guiding professional farmers to sign long-term contracts to stabilize the land tenure, and formulating subsidy policies for cultivated land protection.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1081671/fullcultivated land protection behaviorsdifferencesmallholdersprofessional farmersFairlie decomposition |
| spellingShingle | Tao Xu Haojie Chen Yifan Ji Dan Qiao Fang Wang Understanding the differences in cultivated land protection behaviors between smallholders and professional farmers in Hainan Province, China Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems cultivated land protection behaviors difference smallholders professional farmers Fairlie decomposition |
| title | Understanding the differences in cultivated land protection behaviors between smallholders and professional farmers in Hainan Province, China |
| title_full | Understanding the differences in cultivated land protection behaviors between smallholders and professional farmers in Hainan Province, China |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the differences in cultivated land protection behaviors between smallholders and professional farmers in Hainan Province, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the differences in cultivated land protection behaviors between smallholders and professional farmers in Hainan Province, China |
| title_short | Understanding the differences in cultivated land protection behaviors between smallholders and professional farmers in Hainan Province, China |
| title_sort | understanding the differences in cultivated land protection behaviors between smallholders and professional farmers in hainan province china |
| topic | cultivated land protection behaviors difference smallholders professional farmers Fairlie decomposition |
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