A Rural Land Share Cooperative System for Alleviating the Small, Scattered, and Weak Dilemma in Agricultural Development: The Cases of Tangyue, Zhouchong, and Chongzhou

“Small, scattered and weak”, i.e., small-scale arable land holdings, decentralized operation, and weak effectiveness are common agricultural development problems that most developing countries face. Promoting the moderate-scale operation and modernization development of agriculture under the premise...

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Published in:Agriculture (Basel) 2023-09, Vol.13 (9), p.1675
Main Authors: Geng, Lili, Yan, Shaocong, Lu, Qi, Liang, Xiaomeng, Li, Yufei, Xue, Yongji
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agribusiness
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural development
Agricultural economics
Agricultural industry
Agricultural land
Agricultural management
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Arable land
China
Developing countries
Division of labor
Eastern Europe
Economic development
Equity
Farmers
Farms
fragmentation
Households
Incompatibility
India
Innovations
Land area
land share cooperative system
Land surveys
Land use planning
LDCs
Modernization
Property rights
Rural areas
Rural development
scattered operation
Urbanization
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Summary:“Small, scattered and weak”, i.e., small-scale arable land holdings, decentralized operation, and weak effectiveness are common agricultural development problems that most developing countries face. Promoting the moderate-scale operation and modernization development of agriculture under the premise of protecting social stability is a complex and systemic process. In the evolution of China’s agricultural business model and land system reform, the Land Shareholding Cooperative System (LSCS) emerged. However, few studies have focused on the relationship between rural land institution innovation and agricultural economic development. We found great potential in this approach in solving the dilemma of “small, scattered, weak” in agricultural development, while protecting farmers’ land property rights. We described the cases of Tangyue, Zhouchong, and Chongzhou in rural China through the research method to illustrate how this occurred. This approach takes full advantage of the combination of “cooperative” and “shareholding” while alleviating the incompatibility of the historical allocation of arable land with urbanization and agricultural development. Balancing the development of factor markets and protecting the welfare of members contributes to its effective implementation. This study provides valuable examples of agricultural development in similar areas and countries.
ISSN:2077-0472
2077-0472
DOI:10.3390/agriculture13091675