Impact of specialized rice production and marketing zoning policy on farmland use in Taiwan

IF 1.9 4区农林科学 Q2 AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING Paddy and Water Environment Pub Date : 2024-01-12 DOI:10.1007/s10333-023-00962-6

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Abstract

The Taiwanese government introduced specialized rice production and marketing zones (SRPMZs) in 2005 as part of the structural adjustment of the rice industry. This study shows the effect of SRPMZ on leased farmland and custom farming and clarifies the role of the policy of supporting group farming operations in achieving farmland consolidation. This study uses the difference-in-differences method with and without covariates to estimate the effects of SRPMZ policy in Taiwan. This study analyzes the effect of the SRPMZ designation on the areas of leased and custom farming farmland at the village level. This study used village-level data from Taiwan’s Censuses of Agriculture from 2000 to 2015. We find that SRPMZ designation increases the area of leased farmland per village by 13.5 ha and decreases the area with custom farming by 4.86 ha when we apply difference-in-differences methods with time-varying covariates. This is the effect of farmers choosing to lease their farmland through SRPMZ instead of custom farming. While several studies discuss the SRPMZ policy, focusing on farmer productivity or SRPMZ operator efficiency, few studies have analyzed the impact of the SRPMZ policy on farmland use. The results indicate that the policy of supporting group farming operations, coupled with farmland leasing, can promote farmland consolidation and improve the agricultural structure.

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台湾水稻专业化产销分区政策对农田利用的影响

摘要台湾政府于 2005 年推出了稻米产销专业区（SRPMZ），作为稻米产业结构调整的一部分。本研究显示了水稻产销专业区对租赁农地和定制农业的影响，并阐明了支持集体农业经营的政策在实现农地整合中的作用。本研究采用有协方差和无协方差的差分法来估计台湾 SRPMZ 政策的效果。本研究分析了村级农田水利管理区的划定对租赁农田和自耕农田面积的影响。本研究使用了 2000 年至 2015 年台湾农业普查的村级数据。我们发现，如果采用时变协变量的差分法，SRPMZ 的划定会使每个村庄的租赁耕地面积增加 13.5 公顷，而习惯耕作的耕地面积减少 4.86 公顷。这就是农民选择通过 SRPMZ 租赁耕地而不是习惯耕作的影响。虽然一些研究讨论了 SRPMZ 政策，重点关注农民的生产率或 SRPMZ 经营者的效率，但很少有研究分析 SRPMZ 政策对耕地使用的影响。研究结果表明，支持集体农业经营的政策与农田租赁相结合，可以促进农田整合，改善农业结构。

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Paddy and Water Environment AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING-AGRONOMY

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4.70

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2 months

期刊介绍： The aim of Paddy and Water Environment is to advance the science and technology of water and environment related disciplines in paddy-farming. The scope includes the paddy-farming related scientific and technological aspects in agricultural engineering such as irrigation and drainage, soil and water conservation, land and water resources management, irrigation facilities and disaster management, paddy multi-functionality, agricultural policy, regional planning, bioenvironmental systems, and ecological conservation and restoration in paddy farming regions.