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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 625-637 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Land Use Policy |
| Volume | 68 |
| Early online date | 19 Sept 2017 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2017 |
Abstract
Rural land rental markets in China play an increasingly important role in the transformation of the agricultural sector. This study focuses on the rural land rental market in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Southern China, a mountainous region, where rapid changes in land use have taken place with the transition from traditional agriculture and a tropical rainforest to rubber monoculture. Notably, we assess the impacts of population aging, land tenure security, and ethnicity on the participation of smallholders in the land rental market. The analysis suggests that a higher proportion of older people in a household increases the likelihood of renting out land and reduces the probability of renting in land, implying that population aging fosters land rental market development by transferring land from older to younger farmers. We also confirm that the availability of a land tenure certificate has a significant and positive impact on the renting out of land. Furthermore, ethnic minority groups are less likely to rent out land, indicating that land rental markets are ethnic sensitive. Additionally, specialization in rubber farming, household wealth and the altitude of household location also influence participation in the land rental market.
Keywords
- Ethnicity, Land rental market, Land tenure security, Population aging
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Forestry
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Environmental Science(all)
- Nature and Landscape Conservation
- Environmental Science(all)
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Land Use Policy, Vol. 68, 11.2017, p. 625-637.
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T1 - Smallholder participation in the land rental market in a mountainous region of Southern China
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AU - Min, Shi
AU - Waibel, Hermann
AU - Huang, Jikun
N1 - Funding information: This study was conducted within the framework of the Sino-German “SURUMER Project”, funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) , FKZ: 01LL0919A . We also acknowledge funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project #: 71333013). We are particularly grateful to the XSBN biological industry office and local officials for facilitating the field survey of smallholder rubber farmers in XSBN.
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N2 - Rural land rental markets in China play an increasingly important role in the transformation of the agricultural sector. This study focuses on the rural land rental market in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Southern China, a mountainous region, where rapid changes in land use have taken place with the transition from traditional agriculture and a tropical rainforest to rubber monoculture. Notably, we assess the impacts of population aging, land tenure security, and ethnicity on the participation of smallholders in the land rental market. The analysis suggests that a higher proportion of older people in a household increases the likelihood of renting out land and reduces the probability of renting in land, implying that population aging fosters land rental market development by transferring land from older to younger farmers. We also confirm that the availability of a land tenure certificate has a significant and positive impact on the renting out of land. Furthermore, ethnic minority groups are less likely to rent out land, indicating that land rental markets are ethnic sensitive. Additionally, specialization in rubber farming, household wealth and the altitude of household location also influence participation in the land rental market.
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