Research On The Policy Of Daigeng Farmers In The Pearl River Delta Region

Beginning in the1980s, there is a special group live in Pearl River Delta region.——"Daigeng farmer". It means who leave original residence, from remote rural to the edge of metropolis and urban fringe. They lease local residents’land to plant fruit trees and vegetables. That is, they leave their house but never leave the land. They suffer a hard life and away from home. Living in the edge of the city and have made a great contribution to the urban economic development. But for a long time, because of the lack of systematic protective policies, the special group often fall into awkward dilemma.From the angle of nationwide. Pearl River Delta is one of the earliest and the most concentrated place that the contract farmer emerge in. Especially in some Labor-intensive urban. From1980s, the farmers of Pearl River Delta flowed into industry and services sector one after another. The phenomenon of idle land is very widespread. The government had to promulgated policies to attract nearby farmers to plant the idle lands. In1990s, Relying on the advantages of Hong Kong and Macao economic development, the arable land of Pearl River Delta had attracted a lot of farmer that from backward areas to plant land. The Dong Guan city is the most representative case.We use individual and family as their unit. They lack of labor and social security, social welfare. They out of the governments regulation and live in the bottom of society. At the present stage, the government of Pearl River Delta have not promulgated specialized and systematic polities to aim the special group. Even though few place had did it, it was unitary and incomplete. Contract farming agricultural problem has not truly enter into the perspective of government policy.I have gone deeply into the Ning Ming county, Dong Guan repeatedly. Sleeping and eating with the farmers. After some long and in-depth investigations, from the angle of government management, I have aimed to the special group proposed some constructive suggestions that based on the outstanding problems and embarrassing situation. And expect to promote series of polities that in favor of the special group. I strive to put forward some innovative ideas in the paper.:Firstly, The innovation of the study sight. There are few scholars interested in the contract farmers and the policies of them. Secondly, the innovation of the research methods. Not only collect prolific literature but also pay more attention to the site investigation.Go deep into the site of their living and producing. Collecting the first-hand information of them. Thirdly, Innovated the measures of policy to support the contact farmer. For example, Establishing the file of contract farmers, differentiated to meet the contract farmers’households requirements; Practicing the "Education Securities" between the original and local education sector of Contract farming; establish the Docking mechanism contact the local and original government departments of contract farmers.