Research on the Impact of Agricultural Mechanization on Farmers’ Income

-Based on the Mediating Effect of Crop Sown Area and Agricultural Electrification

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10.2991/978-94-6463-506-5_15How to use a DOI?

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agricultural mechanization level; total sown area of crops; agricultural electrification; farmers’ income; mediation effect

Abstract

At present, “the three rural issues: agriculture, rural areas, and peasants” constitute the core problem for farmers, and the essence of farmers’ problems lies in income. Promoting an increase in farmers’ income is not only the top priority of “the three rural issues” but also the starting point and endpoint of agricultural mechanization. To achieve this new goal in the new era, further improvement of the level of agricultural mechanization and its popularity is crucial. We test the relationship between mechanization and farmers’ incomes using a sample of China for 2013-2020. We also test the mediating effects of agricultural sown area and agricultural electrification. The results show a significant positive contribution of mechanization to farmers’ income. In the mechanism test, we found significant mediating effects of sown area and agricultural electrification. Therefore, we make the following policy recommendations: it is proposed to improve the level of agricultural mechanization and its popularity through diversified means of science and technology innovation, and then promote the expansion of the total sown area of crops, the increase of farmers’ income, and the improvement of farmers’ living standard and quality of life.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xinran Lyu
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/09/02
TI  - Research on the Impact of Agricultural Mechanization on Farmers’ Income
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 4th International Conference on Enterprise Management and Economic Development (ICEMED 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 120
EP  - 126
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-506-5_15
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-506-5_15
ID  - Lyu2024
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