Estimating the Optimal Land Management Scale of Big Grain Production Households and Comprehensive Family Farms Based on the Decision Graph

Fang Luo; Miao Tian; Qingli Xia; Dan Xu; Caihong Sun

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Estimating the Optimal Land Management Scale of Big Grain Production Households and Comprehensive Family Farms Based on the Decision Graph

Fang Luo, Miao Tian, Qingli Xia, Dan Xu, Caihong Sun

Published in International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences (Volume 5, Issue 6)

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Abstract

Farmland scale management can bring large scale benefits to producers, promote labour productivity and increase farmers’ income. However, excessive concentration of farmland also has a few shortcomings, such as decreases in intensive farming, farmland productivity, and employment efficiency. Identifying the optimal land management scale is an effective means to improve agricultural production efficiency. Regression analysis is used to estimate the optimal land management scale under current productivity in China. Further, a decision graph has been drawn, which shows that the scale of big grain production households and comprehensive family farms is generally less than the optimal level, and an inverse relationship exists between farm size and productivity. Lastly, the suggestions that scattered land should be concentrated in the hands of big grain production households and family farms, and that land-lost farmers should work in their local agricultural industry, participating in the profit from land production are made.

Published in	International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences (Volume 5, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijefm.20170506.16
Page(s)	312-320
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Big Grain Production Household, Comprehensive Family Farm, Optimal Land Management Scale, Decision Graph

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Fang Luo, Miao Tian, Qingli Xia, Dan Xu, Caihong Sun. (2017). Estimating the Optimal Land Management Scale of Big Grain Production Households and Comprehensive Family Farms Based on the Decision Graph. International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences, 5(6), 312-320. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijefm.20170506.16

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Fang Luo, Miao Tian, Qingli Xia, Dan Xu, Caihong Sun. Estimating the Optimal Land Management Scale of Big Grain Production Households and Comprehensive Family Farms Based on the Decision Graph. Int J Econ Finance Manag Sci. 2017;5(6):312-320. doi: 10.11648/j.ijefm.20170506.16

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Fang Luo

School of Commerce, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang City, China
Miao Tian

Economics and Management College, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing City, China
Qingli Xia

Teaching Affairs Department, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang City, China
Dan Xu

School of Commerce, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang City, China
Caihong Sun

School of Commerce, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang City, China

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