Study On Agri-productive Investment At Rural Household Level In ChongQing

The reform of the rural economy beginning in 1978 created an environment for Agriculture major investors to the diversification of agricultural investment,The role of farmers in Agriculture investment has been unprecedentedly enhanced.Farmers have possessed the production and land-using rights, independently accessed to the production and operation rights and expanded theirs rights of choice in adjustment structure of Agricultural production and of the industrial in rural areas.In 2005 farmers' investments have accounted 49 percent of total investment in Chongqing Municpality,and in the same time famers have became the basic investor of all the kind of investors.However,the quantities of farmers per capita agricultural production investment is less than the national level every year since the jurisdiction of Chongqing Municipality,and research on agricultural production investment of Chongqing Municipality is relatively less,not to mention using empirical methods.In this paper,we will research farmers agricultural production investment of the city of Chongqing. The characteristics of this paper is the breakthrough of research methods,We will use the method of factor annlysis extracting two common factors from the many factors affecting the agriculturl production investment of famers.Then we will try to research the relationship between these two common factors and famers agricultural production.By doing it we not only overcome the defect caused by lacking of data samples,but also find a more deep-seated factors.In this paper,we will use the methods of regression and factor analysis researching the relationship between famers agricultural production of Chongqing and the factors which affect it,basing on the study results of economic behavior of farmers,rural households in theory,the theory of economic decision-making.In particular,we will first extract two common factors from many factors affecting farmers agricultural production investment by using method of factor analysis.The two common factors are social equity factor and economic behavior of farmers ,and then we will do regression analysis in which the interpreted viariable is farmers agricultural production and the explanatory is these two common factors.The result of this research is that the relationship between social justice and interpreted viariable is positive,the other relationship is negative. Through analysising the relationship between farmers agriculural production and the affecting factors ,we hope that the result could be useful for government to provide agricultural policy.This study ideas is: we will first overview analysis the agriculture development of Chongqing municipal researching the agriculture investment features of Chongqing city ;then we start to research farmers agri- productive investment ,including the status,level,structure and characteristics of agri-productive investment .Through this we will know the economic role of agri-productive investment to farmers.After that we will analysis the factors which affect agri-productive investment.This part mianly include two parts:one is a description of these factors analysis ,the second is emprical analysis using factor analysis method.This part is the focus of the study and the main content of the paper.Finally,we will put forward policy proposals resolving the problems exsiting in agri-productive investment.The full text is divided into sever chapters ,the following conclusions can be drawn by analysising the previous six chapters:1. Farmers is basic principal investor of agricultural investment,but the overall level is less than national average level regardess of the name or the actual investment levels.2.Farmers agri-productive investment of Chongqing can see the following characteristics:Short-term trend is obvious,that is investment in fixed assets of agricultural is less;The investment structure of farmers agri-productive of Chongqing is rather special, investment in livestock(including family farms) of Chongqing municipality fanners is the largest proportion of farmers in agricultural production,but the country is the largest proportion of agriculture (farming);The new technologies proportion used by farmers in agri-productive is small.3.Farmers agri-productive investment of Chongqing municpality is affected by many factors ,but can be summarized in two factors:farmers of the economic factor and social equity factor,the role of economic behavior of the farmers is "negative" and the factor of social equity is "positive", but the "negative" is more than "postive"The paper made the following policy recommendations in order to explore the investment potential:(1) complete aboliton of the divison between urban and rural household registration system,to the farmers to equal citizenship;(2)So that migrant workers enjoy the same labor rights and employment opportunities,the Government should remove the discrimination against migrant workers in cities policy;(3)It is necessary to fully safeguard their basic rights on the land;(4)Rural and urban residents enjoy the same right to education;(5)Like urban dwellers,farmers should build their own reprsentatives to the interests of the peasant organizations...