Utilizing Abandoned Farmland to Develop Boutique Agriculture:Models and Efficiency Differences

YANG Jun; WANG Ming-xing; XU Jia-yi

Abstract：The utilization of abandoned farmland for the development of high-quality agriculture represents one of the efficacious approaches to tackling the problem of farmland abandonment.Grounded on the survey samples of 120 new agricultural business entities in Guangdong Province,this study initially dissects the extant models of high-quality agriculture development via the employment of abandoned farmland.Subsequently,the Cobb-Douglas frontier production function is employed to compute the efficiency values of these 120 new agricultural business entities.Thereupon,with the efficiency values of diverse new agricultural business entities serving as the observed variables and the distinct models of high-quality agriculture development using abandoned farmland as the control variables,a one-way analysis of variance is carried out.The research findings manifest that the model spearheaded by agricultural enterprises attains the highest efficiency,whereas the model of professional large-scale growers occupies the last position.The model led by agricultural enterprises is conspicuously superior to the other three models.The model led by farmers'professional cooperatives and the family farm model are markedly higher than the model of professional large-scale growers.Nevertheless,the disparity between the model led by farmers'cooperatives and the family farm model fails to reach a statistically significant level.Finally,based on this research conclusion,some decision-making suggestions for the government to refer to are proposed:increasing support for agricultural enterprises through multiple channels;Grant the same policy treatment to farmers'professional cooperatives and family farms;Enhance support for major professional households through annual fiscal budgets.