Research On The Willingness To Withdraw From Rural Homesteads From The Perspective Of Farmers’ Differentiation

In the process of urbanisation,a large number of farmers have moved to the cities to work and live there,leaving the original residential bases in an idle state.This has resulted in a waste of land resources.The implementation of home base withdrawal can promote the intensive use of land and improve the efficiency of rural home bases;with the deepening of farmer differentiation,farmers with different degrees of differentiation have experienced greater changes in their understanding of the functions of home bases and their degree of dependence,resulting in greater differences in their choice of home base withdrawal and the way they are paid when withdrawing.Based on the perspective of household differentiation,we apply research data from 380 households in Jia County,Henan Province,to explore the differential impact of household differentiation on the willingness to withdraw from residential bases,which is important for improving residential base withdrawal policies,promoting the implementation of rural residential base withdrawal policies,and facilitating the optimal allocation of rural land resources.The main research content of this paper includes the following three aspects:(1)Constructing indicators of farm household differentiation,based on previous research,the types of farm household differentiation are divided into three dimensions: the number of non-farm labourers in the household,the proportion of non-farm income in the household and whether the household owns urban housing,so as to carry out theoretical analysis and mechanism research of farm household differentiation.(2)Analyse the influence of the willingness of farmers to quit and the choice of compensation methods of farmers who are willing to quit their homestead bases in the study area.(3)Empirical analysis,using an econometric model,analyses the significance and degree of influence of the three dimensions of household differentiation on the willingness to withdraw from the residential land and the choice of compensation method of farmers willing to withdraw from the residential land.The results of the study show that: the division of farming households has an important influence on the willingness of farming households to quit their homesteads and the choice of the way they are paid to quit their homesteads,the overall willingness of farming households to quit their homesteads in the study area is 36.1%;the main reason why farming households are not willing to quit their homesteads is that they like rural life and have feelings for their old homesteads.The number of non-farm workers in the household,the proportion of non-farm income in the household and the ownership of urban housing all positively influence farmers’ willingness to quit their homesteads.The greater the number of non-farm workers in the household,the higher the proportion of non-farm income,and the more willing farmers are to quit their homestead bases;the greater the number of non-farm workers in the household,the more likely farmers are to choose monetary compensation;the higher the proportion of non-farm income in the household,the more likely farmers are to choose urban housing compensation;farmers who own urban housing are more likely to choose monetary compensation.Based on the above findings,this paper puts forward the following suggestions to guide farmers to exit their unused residential bases in an orderly manner:strengthen vocational skills training,enhance the non-farm employment capacity of farmers and improve their differentiation level;strengthen the publicity work of rural land policies and optimise the accounting standard of residential base value;establish a differentiated residential base exit mechanism according to farmers’ differentiation level;strengthen urban-rural integration and weaken farmers’ emotional dependence on residential bases;introduce targeted policies to protect the livelihood of farmers who exit their residential bases;and strengthen the environmental construction of resettlement areas to enhance the sense of belonging of farmers who exit their residential bases.