Poverty-reduction Effect Of Rural Land Consolidation Under Different Patterns

Eliminating poverty and improving people's livelihood have always been the action agenda of the national governance.With the implementation of China's Rural Poverty Alleviation and Development Program(2001-2010)and(2011-2020),China's poverty alleviation work has achieved remarkable results.At present,although absolute poverty has gradually eased in rural areas,relative poverty is still very serious.In addition,with the advancement of poverty alleviation work,the rate of poverty reduction has gradually slowed down,and many people have returned to poverty.The problem of falling back to poverty has become a non-ignorable problem.To promote targeted poverty alleviation in rural areas,the Outline of China's Rural Poverty Alleviation and Development(2011-2020),the “13th Five-Year Plan for Poverty Alleviation” and the “National Land Rehabilitation Plan(2016-2020)” further proposed the need to carry out rural land consolidation projects(RLCP),in addition,both documents put forward that when arranging high-standard farmland construction tasks and allocating central subsidy funds,destitute areas should be privileged.The documents also emphasize the active attraction of social capital participation in RLCP,in other words,to promote RLCP under PPP model.On the one hand,however,the government-led RLCP under traditional model has problems such as insufficient funds,low efficiency,and insufficient participation of farmers.Under traditional model,the remediation of agricultural land is rectified,but there is a lack of guidance for subsequent agricultural production and management,and it is hard to ensure continuous poverty reduction.On the other hand,RLCP under PPP model is relatively extensive and lacks unified guidance.Thus,this thesis uses the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach(SLA)to sort out the mechanism of poverty alleviation and income increase in RLCP under different patterns,and on this basis,explores different patterns of RLCP's poverty alleviation and income-increasing effect on poverty stricken households and non-poverty stricken households through empirical research,in order to provide a reference for the Poverty Alleviation Department and Natural Resources Department to promote poverty alleviation work based on RLCP.This thesis selects Hezhang County and Jinsha County,Guizhou Province located in the contiguous poverty stricken areas of Wulin Mountain and Lichuan City,Hubei Province,located in the contiguous poverty stricken areas of Wumeng Mountain as the research area,takes 562 rural households from 3 project areas under PPP model,3 project areas under traditional model,3 unrenovated areas as research samples.From the perspectives of different patterns of projects and different types of farmers,empirical analysis was carried out on the effects of poverty alleviation and income increase in RLCP applying PSM-DID method.The main conclusions are as follows:(1)RLCP under PPP model increases total income more than traditional model,and the income increase effect of RLCP under both models is higher on non-poverty stricken households than the poverty stricken households.The RLCP under PPP model has a significant effect on the total income of farmers for three years while RLCP under traditional model is only significant for the first year.Compared with the unrenovated areas,the total income of farmers' households increased year by year after the implementation of RLCP under both models.The total income of the first year after RLCP increased greatly,and then the increase less year by year.RLCP under PPP model and RLCP under traditional model have a great difference in the improvement of the total income of farmers.Whether in the poverty reduction effect or the stability of poverty reduction,RLCP under PPP model is better than traditional model.(2)In the short-term,RLCP under traditional model increases agricultural income more than PPP model,however,in the long run,farmers' agricultural income benefit more from RLCP under PPP model.The income increase effect in agricultural income of RLCP under both models is higher on non-poverty stricken households than the poverty stricken households.In the first year after implementation of RLCP under PPP model,farmers' agricultural income decreased due to the transfer of agricultural land,but after the second year,the agricultural income of the farmers increased year by year.The RLCP under traditional model has a significant effect on farmers' agricultural income only for the first two years after the implementation of RLCP,but farmers' agricultural income keep rising.(3)RLCP under PPP model increases property income more than traditional model.The RLCP under PPP model has a significant effect on farmers' property income for three years.The effect was most dramatic in the first year and was higher on non-poverty stricken households than the poverty stricken households.RLCP under traditional model has no significant impact on the property income of farmers(4)RLCP under PPP model increases wage income more than traditional model,and the income increase effect of RLCP under both models is higher on non-poverty stricken households than the poverty stricken households.The RLCP under PPP model has a significant effect for three years on poverty stricken households' wage income,while only significant for two years on non-poverty stricken households' wage income.The RLCP under traditional model has a significant effect on farmers' wage income only for the first year after the implementation of RLCP.Compared with the unrenovated areas,the wage income of farmers' households increased year by year after the implementation of RLCP under both models.The wage income of the first year after RLCP increased greatly,and then the increase less year by year.(5)Both RLCP under PPP model and RLCP under traditional model have no significant effect on farmers' other income,and the absolute value of the change is small.There is no significant difference between poverty stricken households and non-poverty stricken householdsBased on the research conclusions,in order to promote the poverty alleviation work of agricultural land improvement projects,this thesis puts forward the following suggestions:(1)Attach great importance to the promotion of RLCP to poverty alleviation,and strengthen the intensity of RLCP under PPP model in poverty alleviation work.(2)Actively guide social capital to participate in RLCP,and improve relevant policy mechanisms for PPP model of RLCP.(3)Improve the accuracy of poverty alleviation based on RLCP,when the project site is selected,RLCP under PPP model tends to lean toward the poverty-stricken areas and improve the coverage of the project to the poor;the government should set up a targeted poverty alleviation list and issued targeted poverty alleviation indicators for the enterprises in RLCP under PPP model,so that enterprises can provide more training? more employment positions and other assistance for poverty stricken households.