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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (34): 160-164.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb20191100787

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Land Management Area: Effects on the Income of Modern Sericulture Industry in Fucheng

Wang Xie1,2(), Wang Yong3, Zhang Jianhua1,2(), Guo Haixia4   

  1. 1Soil and Fertilizer Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066
    2Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment of Southwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affair, Chengdu 610066
    3Mianyang Tianhong Silk Co., Ltd., Mianyang Sichuan 621000
    4Chengdu Normal University, Chengdu 611130
  • Received:2019-11-03 Revised:2019-12-16 Online:2020-12-05 Published:2020-12-15
  • Contact: Zhang Jianhua E-mail:wangxiechangde@hotmail.com;11@163.com

Abstract:

The paper aims to reveal the influence of management area of mulberry field on the annual income of sericulture farmers in western China. During 2015-2018, we conducted a follow-up survey on the level of rural economic development, the transfer of rural labor force, and the production and operation of sericulture farmers in 13 towns in Fucheng. Through the establishment of econometric model, 554 sample data were analyzed to determine the appropriate scale of mulberry field management in western China. The results showed that: (1) the area of land owned by each household was very small with 0.04 hm2 per household; (2) the average mulberry field area of sericulture farmers’ independent management was 2.05 hm2 per household; (3) the appropriate scale threshold range of intensive management of regional mulberry field was 1.51-12.08 hm2; (4) the functional relationship between the per capita net income of sericulture farmer and the management scale of mulberry field was y=-2491.8x 2+33201x, that was to say, the land management scale was 6.66 hm2 when the per capita net income was the largest. In conclusion, sericulture farmers are rational and reasonable in determining their own land management scale at present, and there is still a certain space for land demand in the future under better economic conditions.

Key words: cultivated land, suitable management scale, mulberry field, input and output, threshold, western region

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