%0 Journal Article
%T Influence of Agricultural Tax Exemptions on Farmers'''' Land Use Behavior<br>免征农业税对农户土地利用行为的影响——基于14省25县(市)496农户的调查
%A ZOU Wei
%A WU Qun
%A Qu Fu-tian
%A <br>邹伟
%A 吴群
%A 曲福田
%J 资源科学
%D 2008
%I 
%X This study explores the influence of China's recent agricultural tax exemptions on farmers' land use behavior based on household interviews and questionnaires in 50 townships in 14 different provinces. Data was collected from farmers located in the outlying areas of large cities (10.89%), medium-sized cities (13.10%), small cities (42.34%), and in other areas (33.67%). The majority of households expressed an increased willingness to enhance land investment, land use efficiency and scale and a reduced preference for leaving land fallow or transferring land use rights. However, a gap exists between farmers' stated interests and actual behaviors. While 82.52% of households intend to improve their land, only 18.87% have actually implemented improvements. Investment is uneven, with most increased investment going to purchase agricultural chemicals, and much less to mechanization, irrigation, and the use of high-quality seed. Differences exist between different regions and households with different family structures. There was a pattern of increasing additional investment from eastern to western China, and from larger to smaller cities. Education is another important factor, as householders with only primary education or less were found to have the highest levels of added investment. Agricultural tax exemptions have little influence on areas under grain cultivation, but have significant impact on cash crops such as cotton and peanuts, and crops such as watermelon and sweet potato. Agricultural tax exemptions have little influence on the scale of vegetable planting, and thus on the income of farmers from the suburbs of cities. Our survey shows that 40.91% of farmers increased investment in the prevention of land degradation, although this type of investment is still limited. We suggest that to enhance the positive effects of agricultural tax exemptions, attention should be paid to improving rural residents' educational level and upgrading land use and social conditions.
%K Land economy
%K Household survey
%K Agricultural tax exemptions
%K Land use<br>土地经济
%K 影响评价
%K 农户调查法
%K 免征农业税
%K 农户行为
%K 免征农业税
%K 农户
%K 土地退化
%K 利用行为
%K 影响
%K 调查
%K Agricultural
%K Influence
%K Behavior
%K 条件
%K 改善
%K 文化
%K 配套制度
%K 相关
%K 完善
%K 存在
%K 时间
%K 行为产生
%K 手段
%K 资金需求
%U http://www.alljournals.cn/get_abstract_url.aspx?pcid=B5EDD921F3D863E289B22F36E70174A7007B5F5E43D63598017D41BB67247657&cid=B47B31F6349F979B&jid=9DEEAF23637E6E9539AD99BE6ABAB2B3&aid=3233151B2309A4934A587340FC904370&yid=67289AFF6305E306&vid=340AC2BF8E7AB4FD&iid=B31275AF3241DB2D&sid=796A97DD793AE4A8&eid=502AE9EE93CAADD7&journal_id=1007-7588&journal_name=资源科学&referenced_num=0&reference_num=15