Who will grow the grain after the land transfer?

Who will grow the grain after the land transfer?

Who will plant food after the land transfer?

On May 9th, the Institute of Finance of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Postdoctoral Research Station of Tehua and the Social Science Literature Publishing House jointly released the "Blue Book of the Land Market" in Beijing, stating that the proportion of land not grown in rural areas after rural circulation is large.

Yan Liangliang, deputy researcher of the Rural Land Department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, introduced the farmland transfer in 7 provinces of Hebei Province, Shaanxi Province, Liaoning Province, Zhejiang Province, Sichuan Province, Hubei Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2013 and 2014. The situation was investigated.

From the survey of seven provinces, at least 40% of the converted farmland is used to grow food crops. However, the situation of the transfer of cultivated land in different provinces for food crops is quite different, and the proportion of Liaoning Province is high, increasing to 55.33% in 2014.

The proportion of many places is low. In Hebei Province, only 24.14% of the converted cultivated land was used to grow food crops in 2014, less than a quarter, and showed a downward trend.

The report pointed out that due to different operating entities, the ability to undertake land rents is different, and the development of land transfer market will inevitably face the problems of “non-food” and “non-agriculturalization”. Land use should be strictly regulated, and appropriate incentives such as three subsidy policies should be used to transfer land to the main grain producers for moderate scale operations.

The 21st Century Business Herald learned that rural land circulation has accelerated over the years.

In 1996, only 2.6% of the country's agricultural land was transferred. In 2004, the proportion of circulation increased to 10.5%. In 2011, it increased to 17.8%. In 2012, more than one-fifth of the agricultural land was transferred. In 2013, the national household contracted farmland was transferred. The area reached 341 million mu, and the circulation ratio exceeded 1/4. In 2014, the national household contracted farmland transfer area further increased to 403 million mu, an increase of 18.2% from the end of 2013, and the circulation ratio reached 30.4%.

According to the Blue Book, the primary function of the land transfer market is to improve the efficiency of land allocation, and secondly to promote fairness, that is, to transfer land from a large number of farmers to a small number of farmers. However, with the further development of the circulation market, this fairness will gradually weaken or even disappear. At that time, only those who can pay rent can obtain the management rights of the land, and these people must use highly efficient people.

The survey found that the current land transfer is mainly cultivated by farmers, professional cooperatives, enterprises and other entities, and is mainly based on farmers. From the situation of the seven provinces, 60% of the converted farmland was cultivated by farmers.

(Original title: only 40% of the grain after the land transfer)