Farmland holdings, crop planting structure and input usage: an analysis of China's agricultural census

This study, based on the data of China’s agricultural census of 1997, focuses on the land distribution among rural households and its effects on crop production structure and employment of labor and capital. The Census data show that the size of holdings surprisingly differs among households, and la...

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Autores principales: Diao, Xinshen, Zhang, Yi, Somwaru, Agapi
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155846
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author Diao, Xinshen
Zhang, Yi
Somwaru, Agapi
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Somwaru, Agapi
Zhang, Yi
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description This study, based on the data of China’s agricultural census of 1997, focuses on the land distribution among rural households and its effects on crop production structure and employment of labor and capital. The Census data show that the size of holdings surprisingly differs among households, and land rental activities has started to play an important role in land allocation. Grain production accounts for 80% of total sown area for each household group, indicating that self-sufficiency in grains production is still an important factor to farmers. Family members are a dominant source for China's agricultural labor force, regardless of the size of land held in each household. Machinery use in crop production is still not popular, while the scale of land held by households has an impact on the use of machinery in crop production. Moreover, the small land holdings of agriculture may lower labor productivity, even though there are more non-agricultural employment activities among these small scale households.
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spelling CGSpace1558462025-11-06T05:23:20Z Farmland holdings, crop planting structure and input usage: an analysis of China's agricultural census Diao, Xinshen Zhang, Yi Somwaru, Agapi agriculture statistics crops soil management land tenure rural population This study, based on the data of China’s agricultural census of 1997, focuses on the land distribution among rural households and its effects on crop production structure and employment of labor and capital. The Census data show that the size of holdings surprisingly differs among households, and land rental activities has started to play an important role in land allocation. Grain production accounts for 80% of total sown area for each household group, indicating that self-sufficiency in grains production is still an important factor to farmers. Family members are a dominant source for China's agricultural labor force, regardless of the size of land held in each household. Machinery use in crop production is still not popular, while the scale of land held by households has an impact on the use of machinery in crop production. Moreover, the small land holdings of agriculture may lower labor productivity, even though there are more non-agricultural employment activities among these small scale households. 2000 2024-10-24T12:42:40Z 2024-10-24T12:42:40Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155846 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Diao, Xinshen; Zhang, Yi; Somwaru, Agapi. 2000. Farmland holdings, crop planting structure and input usage: an analysis of China's agricultural census. TMD Discussion Paper 62. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155846
spellingShingle agriculture
statistics
crops
soil
management
land tenure
rural population
Diao, Xinshen
Zhang, Yi
Somwaru, Agapi
Farmland holdings, crop planting structure and input usage: an analysis of China's agricultural census
title Farmland holdings, crop planting structure and input usage: an analysis of China's agricultural census
title_full Farmland holdings, crop planting structure and input usage: an analysis of China's agricultural census
title_fullStr Farmland holdings, crop planting structure and input usage: an analysis of China's agricultural census
title_full_unstemmed Farmland holdings, crop planting structure and input usage: an analysis of China's agricultural census
title_short Farmland holdings, crop planting structure and input usage: an analysis of China's agricultural census
title_sort farmland holdings crop planting structure and input usage an analysis of china s agricultural census
topic agriculture
statistics
crops
soil
management
land tenure
rural population
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155846
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