Exploring the Role of Land Transfer and Social Capital in Improving Agricultural Income under the Background of Rural Revitalization

Under the background of rural revitalization in China, with the process of urbanization and the implementation of China's land system reform, rural workers gradually gain multiple income streams. However, increasing agricultural income remains the final guarantee for professional farmers to shake off poverty, and land is still their last security. We applied the OLS model and mediation model to a dataset of 3789 households in 25 provinces obtained from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) to investigate the influence of farmland transfer and social capital on farmers' agricultural incomes. The results show that farmland "transfer in" and social capital significantly help to increase agricultural income directly, and farmland "transfer in" behavior plays a vital mediating role, influencing the positive effect of social capital on agricultural income. The study examined the logical social capital-agricultural land transfer-agricultural income correlation in the progression of rural society, from "hollow" to "reflux", under the continuous expansion of rural revitalization strategies, which is of great practical significance for re-recognizing the positive role of rural social capital and agricultural land transfer in improving the income of professional farmers and realizing the overall goal of rural revitalization. The results also provide a theoretical basis for guiding and leveraging the effective use of social capital to promote agricultural land transfer

Agricultural economics · Agricultural land · Agriculture · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Poverty · Rural poverty · Social capital · Land Rights and Reforms · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Rural development and sustainability

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