Interest linkage models between new farmers and small farmers: Entrepreneurial organization form perspective

Qiang Liu; Junjie Ma; Liancui Wu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292242

Interest linkage models between new farmers and small farmers: Entrepreneurial organization form perspective

PLoS One. 2023 Oct 3;18(10):e0292242. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292242. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Qiang Liu^{1

2

3}, Junjie Ma³, Liancui Wu^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Research Academy for Rural Revitalization of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China.
² Institute of Ecological Civilization, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China.
³ College of Economics and Management, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China.

Abstract

Improving the interest linkage models between new farmers and small farmers is an important measure to realize the organic connection between small farmers and modern agricultural development. Based on the survey data of 572 new farmers in 16 provinces in China, this study uses the ordered probit model to empirically analyze the impact of entrepreneurial organization form on the interest linkage models between new farmers and small farmers. The results show that: (1) The choice of different entrepreneurial organization forms such as individual operation, cooperative operation, partner operation and company operation by new farmers will significantly affect the degree of interest linkage and then the linkage models. Partner operation and company operation have significantly improved the tightness of interest linkage between new farmers and small farmers. (2) The form of entrepreneurial organization significantly impacts the interest linkage between new farmers and small farmers. The higher the stability of entrepreneurial organization form, the closer the interest linkage and the more significant the impact on the interest linkage models. This effect remains significant after considering potential endogeneity issues and robustness tests. (3) In addition, further research also found significant regional differences and group differences in the impact of entrepreneurial organization form on the new farmers and small farmers' interest linkage models. The impact of the western region is more significant than that of the eastern and central regions, and government entrepreneurship support policies can significantly strengthen the interest linkage models. The research results of this paper have vital reference significance for exploring the path of agricultural modernization under the "big country with small farmers".

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Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Agriculture*
China
Entrepreneurship
Farmers*
Humans
Surveys and Questionnaires

Grants and funding

Initials of the authors who received each award Qiang Liu Grant numbers awarded to each author 21CGL028 The full name of each funder the National Social Science Fund Youth Program of China URL of each funder website http://fz.people.com.cn/skygb/sk/index.php/Index/seach Did the sponsors or funders play any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript? Yes.