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Backyard Pig Farmers Affected By The Exit Of Its Industrial Employment And Income

Posted on:2016-03-22Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q CaiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2309330482475599Subject:Rural and regional development
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The backyard farmers a mass exit is a prominent phenomenon in the current live pig industry. According to the latest survey data in April 7,2014, Sichuan Provincial Bureau of statistics published on the website of the show, the city of Suining pigpurchase price year-on-year decline in different degrees, and feed prices over the same period last year rose sharply, due to the increasing cost of farming, plus the pig price continued to fall, causing widespread loss of retail. In recent years,Suining City backyard farmers exit of live pig industry’s number is increasing, with about 40% of the farmers continue to withdraw from the pig industry. The backyard farmers exit is related not only to the development of pig industry itself, but also related to the production and life of pig farmers. In the process of urbanization, industrialization background, the backyard farmers exit is not only a historical trend, also means the transformation and reconstruction of agricultural and rural economic structure.This paper uses the theory, transaction cost theory, the new theory of the rural household differentiation family migration, rational choice theory, using three different Suining city economic development level of counties (ship mountain, Anju District, Daying county) 138 households have withdrawn from the farmers survey data, analysis of Suining city live pig scatter the employment and income situation of farmers after the withdrawal of support the. The backyard farmers a mass exit is a prominent phenomenon in the pig industry. From the Suining Animal Husbandry Bureau statistics show:2006-2012 years, the number of pig farmers in Suining by 167000 households fell to 73000 households, a net reduction of 56.29%. On the escape of farmers, mainly free range farmers.2006-2012 years, the annual slaughter weight of less than 50 pigs backyard farmers number decreased from 102000 to 34000 households, of which some retail to scale production, part of retail investors to withdraw from all the pig breeding. In recent years, the price of live pigs cyclical fluctuation is frequent, most of the Suining backyard farmers to buy high priced in the market of the piglets, finally only cheap sale of pigs, some farmers are forced to change the line of production or migrant workers.Retail investors to exit the pig industry, the loss of pig breeding opportunities, in order to continue to live, retail investors will choose to re employment, re employment process, the retail cost of search costs, learning new skills cost never find a new job, realize re employment. Re employment industry distribution are the planting benefit higher vegetable oil, planting, self business, the construction industry, the re successful mployment rate reached 80%. But because the retail culture level is generally low, the lack of professional skills, most of them can only be engaged in labor demand more brisk service industry and construction work industry. Retail exit affects their income, for the performance of retail after the exit, the industry generally engage in income level has been greatly improved than before. Retail after the exit, select the field of employment, the income structure of migrant workers will get rich, quit after the main source of income to rely on wage income.Finally, several suggestions are put forward, the first farmers to encourage the development of large-scale planting and breeding, improve economic efficiency, increase farmer income level; second strengthen the exit of retail manhood vocational skills training, improve its going out of employment skills; third strengthen the scattered households out working security, protect their income level; Fourth implementation of the forced to withdraw from the farmers employment security, employment difficulties to give subsidy policy.
Keywords/Search Tags:Hog industry, Free range farmers quit, Employment and income
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