| Summary: | 博士 === 國立中興大學 === 應用經濟學系 === 94 === The functions of farmland include production, living, and ecology. However, different kinds of farmland encompass different functions and characteristics. The value of farmland coming from the characteristics of it may decide how to use farmland more efficiently in the future.
This study classifies the farmland into suburban type of farmland, plain type of farmland and hill type of farmland. The purpose of this study is to measure the value of farmland in production, living, and ecology functions. We find that the value of production function on plain type of farmland is the highest one which is up to 268,356 NT dollars per hectare per year. The value of living function on plain type of farmland is also the highest one among these three types of farmland and it is up to 62,462 NT dollars per hectare per year. The value of ecology function on hill type of farmland is the highest one among them and it is up to 63,152 NT dollars per hectare per year. If we combine the value of all three functions on each kind of farmland, the economic value of plain type of farmland is 368,599 NT dollars per hectare per year and that of suburban type of farmland and hill type of farmland is 333,525 and 368,583 NT dollars, respectively. Consequently, we are able to obtain the combined value of each kind of farmland and to identify how to use them more efficiently. This study concludes that the plain type of farmland possesses the best production conditions and it is able to preserve rural landscape and the traditional culture the best. The hill type of farmland owns the most plentiful biological resources. Yet, the suburban type of farmland holds weak production function; thus, it can be developed to become the distribution center of agricultural products or to be released in the future.
There are three kinds of functions for a farmland, but farmers usually receive the benefit of production function only. In order to raise the income of the farmer and to retrieve social fairness, we need to compensate the benefits of living and ecology functions to the farmer.
If each kind of farmland can be used and planned more efficiently according to their characteristics and functions, the farmers will be able to attain more reasonable returns through the management of their farmland. The government, the farmer, and the civilians should all realize the points of view discussed in this study in order to create a sustainable development on the utilization of farmland.
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