Impact of farmland characteristics on grain costs and benefits in the North China Plain |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China;2. Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands;1. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, København K, Denmark;2. Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 2, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany;3. Institute of Environmental Sciences, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Tovarishcheskaya str.5, Kazan, 420097, Russia;4. Faculty of Mathematics and Information Technology, Altai State University, Lenina ave. 61, 656049, Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia;5. Geography Department, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099, Berlin, Germany;6. Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099, Berlin, Germany;7. Institute of Steppe of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pionerskaya str.11, Orenburg 460000, Russia;1. Department of Hydrology, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thákurova 7, CZ-166 29 Prague, Czech Republic;2. Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre CAS, Na Sádkách 7, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic;1. Forest Ownership Centre, Government of Catalonia, Santa Perpètua de Mogoda 08130, Spain;2. CREAF, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain;3. IERMB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain;4. Department of Economic History and Institutions, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08034, Spain;1. Institute of Land Use Planning and Geomatics, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Universiteto Str. 10, LT-53067, Akademija, Kaunas District, Lithuania;2. Forestry and Environmental Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Liepų Str. 1, LT 53101, Girionys, Kaunas District, Lithuania;1. Office National des Forêts, Département Risques Naturels, 9 quai Créqui 38000 Grenoble, France;2. UGA, Irstea, UR-ETGR – 2 rue de la Papeterie – BP 76, F-38402 St-Martin d’Hères, France;3. ENSMSE – DEMO, 29 rue Ponchardier, 42100 Saint-Etienne, France;4. ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab, F-91761 Palaiseau, France |
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| Abstract: | Land characteristics in general and socio-economic characteristics in particular are assumed to play important roles in the determination of grain costs and benefits. This study explores the effects of farmland characteristics on grain costs and benefits using a multilevel linear model. The data refer to 1282 grain plots of 566 grain producers in the provinces of Henan, Shandong, and Anhui in the North China Plain. The results show that the coefficients of the variables used to measure plot size and tenure insecurity have different values and signs for households with different grain planted areas. It can be concluded that the effects of plot size and ratio of rented land are closely related to farmers’ total grain planted area, and only farmers with grain areas below 1.33 ha can achieve economies of scale. The effects of tenure insecurity of rented land on grain costs and benefits were negative, but the values became smaller and insignificant when farmers’ total grain area was sufficiently large. Regarding farmland bio-physical characteristics, farmers obtain more profit from plots with water conservancy facilities and have to invest more in poor land, with no output increments. |
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| Keywords: | Farmland characteristics Grain production Costs and benefits Plot Multilevel linear model |
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