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- Title
Impact of Farmer Participation in Production Chain Outsourcing Services on Agricultural Output Level and Output Risk: Evidence from the Guanzhong Plain, China.
- Authors
Xie, Shouhong; Zhang, Jizhou; Li, Xiaojing; Chen, Zhe; Zhang, Xiaoning; Xia, Xianli
- Abstract
Shifting from a land-scale operation to a service-scale operation of agricultural production chain outsourcing services (APOS) is crucial to achieving innovation in agricultural-scale operation techniques. Using propensity score matching (PSM) and data from 1027 farm households in Guanzhong Plain, Shaanxi Province, we empirically assessed the impact of APOS on agricultural output level and output risk. First, age, gender, health, education, training, number of outworkers, land tenure, land contiguity, and subsidy satisfaction had a substantial beneficial influence on the involvement of farm families in APOS. Second, involvement in APOS may greatly increase the amount of agricultural production and lower the risk associated with farm families' agricultural output. Moreover, the participation in outsourcing services for agricultural machinery use and field management significantly increased agricultural output and decreased output risk, but the participation in agricultural machinery use outsourcing services increased yield and reduced risks more significantly.
- Subjects
SHAANXI Sheng (China); CHINA; AGRICULTURE; CONTRACTING out; PROPENSITY score matching; AGRICULTURAL forecasts; AGRICULTURAL equipment; LAND tenure; RURAL families
- Publication
Agriculture; Basel, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 12, p2263
- ISSN
2077-0472
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/agriculture13122263