The Impact of Aging Agricultural Labor Population on Farmland Output: From the Perspective of Farmer Preferences

Chinese agriculture is facing an aging workforce which could negatively impact the industry. In this context, research is needed on how work preferences and age of farmers affect agricultural output. This paper attempts to investigate these factors to more fully understand the impact of an aging agr...

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Main Authors: Guancheng Guo, Qiyu Wen, Jingjuan Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/730618
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spelling doaj-2b1a7f985ee94472b1d5f08aa11c0d952020-11-24T22:34:18ZengHindawi LimitedMathematical Problems in Engineering1024-123X1563-51472015-01-01201510.1155/2015/730618730618The Impact of Aging Agricultural Labor Population on Farmland Output: From the Perspective of Farmer PreferencesGuancheng Guo0Qiyu Wen1Jingjuan Zhu2College of Public Administration, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaCollege of Public Administration, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaCollege of Public Administration, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaChinese agriculture is facing an aging workforce which could negatively impact the industry. In this context, research is needed on how work preferences and age of farmers affect agricultural output. This paper attempts to investigate these factors to more fully understand the impact of an aging agricultural labor population on agricultural production. The results show that, in this context of aging, changes in the working-age households have a significant impact on agricultural output. Despite the fact that the impacts of intention to abandon land management were not significant, we can ignore this preference in the workforce. The combination of changes in the composition of the working-age households indicates that 58.53 percent of the agricultural producers will likely quit. This is a potential threat for the future of agricultural development. We also found that elderly farmers who do not intend to abandon farming had higher agricultural output compared to other farmers. This indicates that the adverse effects of changes in the agricultural population age result more from the agricultural output of older farmers who intend to give up farming. This intention adversely affected other elements and reduced investment. Therefore, various forms of training should increase efforts to cultivate modern professional farmers and policies should be simultaneously developed to increase agricultural production levels.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/730618
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Qiyu Wen
Jingjuan Zhu
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The Impact of Aging Agricultural Labor Population on Farmland Output: From the Perspective of Farmer Preferences
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
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title The Impact of Aging Agricultural Labor Population on Farmland Output: From the Perspective of Farmer Preferences
title_short The Impact of Aging Agricultural Labor Population on Farmland Output: From the Perspective of Farmer Preferences
title_full The Impact of Aging Agricultural Labor Population on Farmland Output: From the Perspective of Farmer Preferences
title_fullStr The Impact of Aging Agricultural Labor Population on Farmland Output: From the Perspective of Farmer Preferences
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Aging Agricultural Labor Population on Farmland Output: From the Perspective of Farmer Preferences
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description Chinese agriculture is facing an aging workforce which could negatively impact the industry. In this context, research is needed on how work preferences and age of farmers affect agricultural output. This paper attempts to investigate these factors to more fully understand the impact of an aging agricultural labor population on agricultural production. The results show that, in this context of aging, changes in the working-age households have a significant impact on agricultural output. Despite the fact that the impacts of intention to abandon land management were not significant, we can ignore this preference in the workforce. The combination of changes in the composition of the working-age households indicates that 58.53 percent of the agricultural producers will likely quit. This is a potential threat for the future of agricultural development. We also found that elderly farmers who do not intend to abandon farming had higher agricultural output compared to other farmers. This indicates that the adverse effects of changes in the agricultural population age result more from the agricultural output of older farmers who intend to give up farming. This intention adversely affected other elements and reduced investment. Therefore, various forms of training should increase efforts to cultivate modern professional farmers and policies should be simultaneously developed to increase agricultural production levels.
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