Study On Moderate Scale Of Grain-production Family Farm In Shandong Province

The rapid development of the economy and the ongoing process of urbanization are the main features of the current era.At the same time,the agricultural production method based on the household contract responsibility system for joint production has gradually been transformed into a new type of agricultural production method in order to be able to adapt to the development requirements of agricultural modernization.Therefore,the No.1 Document of the Central Committee in 2013 proposed support and encouragement for the development of new types of agricultural management subjects,achieving the scale-intensive management of agriculture,and the family farms as typical representatives are valued.As a province of grain production,Shandong Province leads the direction of modern agriculture and should promote the development and growth of family farms.How large is the scale of family farm operations? Is the operation effective? Which factors have an impact on the development of family farms? These issues are worthy of study and attention.Taking the food production family farm in Shandong Province as the research object of this paper,we should recognize its current development status and major problems,measure its appropriate scale from the perspective of operating efficiency,and analyze the key influencing factors of operating efficiency based on actual investigations.Sex suggestions.First of all,based on the understanding of the background and significance of the family farms in China,we read and sort out the domestic and foreign literature on family farm theory,appropriate scale measurement and influencing factors,and introduce the overall research ideas,methods,innovations and deficiencies.Secondly,it defines the concepts of food production family farms,moderately scaled management,and operating efficiency,and constructs a theoretical framework that includes appropriate management of agricultural scale,household contracting system and operating efficiency.Then,the characteristics and development history of family farms in China are described,and the status quo and problems of food production family farms in Shandong Province are further analyzed.Thirdly,by constructing an investment-oriented DEA model and empirical analysis,we calculated the operating efficiency of 113 food-producing family farms in Dongying City and Qingdao City,Shandong Province,and determined the most appropriate scale based on the cost-profitability rate.On this basis,the Tobit model was used to analyze the 11 factors that were expected to have an impact on operating efficiency.Finally,the conclusions are summarized and policy suggestions are made to propose optimization proposals suitable for the development of food-producing family farms in Shandong Province.The main conclusions of the study are:(1)The overall efficiency level of food-producing family farms in Shandong Province is relatively low,and the main reason is the low efficiency of pure technology.(2)Among the 7 family farms categorized by scale,75-100 mu,100-125 mu,and 150-175 mu of scale groups are all in the stage of constant scale returns.The three groups have comprehensive efficiency and pure technical efficiency.Both the scale efficiency and the scale efficiency are both 1,while the other four scale groups are in the stage of diminishing returns to scale.Their investment in capital,labor,and land is not well matched.(3)For the three optimal efficiency scale groups,according to the principle of the highest cost-profitability index,the ultimate scale of the operating efficiency of the farm is 100-125 mu,that is,100-125 mu is the operation of food production family farms in Shandong Province.The most modest scale.(4)The capital investment has a significant positive impact on the operating efficiency of family farms;the labor force,land transfer prices,and land size have a significant negative impact on them.Farmers’ own situation and external influence factors have no significant effect on them.The main recommendations are: to improve the land circulation system,promote land consolidation,speed up the transfer of rural labor force,improve the quality of rural labor;provide financial support,and improve the agricultural socialization service system.