| Strengthening the endogenous development power of poverty free areas and people is an important work to promote rural revitalization and achieve common prosperity.Both theory and practice have shown that enhancing the self-development ability of farmers is the core of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.Regions with high self-development ability and enthusiasm for wealth creation also have higher levels of economic development and farmers’ prosperity.In 2019,Zhenlai County,Jilin Province completed all poverty alleviation measures.Currently,the per capita disposable income of rural residents in Zhenlai County still ranks at the bottom of the province and there is a problem of relative poverty.In view of this,this study attempts to construct an evaluation index system for the self-development ability of farmers.Through field research data on 278 farmers in Zhenlai County,Jilin Province,the entropy method TOPSIS is used to comprehensively measure the self-development ability of farmers.The Tobit model is used to identify the factors that affect the self-development ability of farmers.Finally,countermeasures and suggestions are given to improve the self-development ability of farmers in Zhenlai County.The specific research conclusions are as follows:First of all,according to the previous literature research and combining the characteristics of the self-development ability of farmers in Zhenlai County,four second-level indicators and eight third-level indicators were selected to construct the evaluation index system of the self-development ability of farmers in Zhenlai County,and the self-development ability level of farmers in Momoge Village in the south,Wulanzhao Village in the middle and Dongmo Village in the west of Zhenlai County was calculated by using the entropy method TOPSIS.The results show that the self-development ability of farmers in Zhenlai County is mainly concentrated in the range of 0.1-0.7,and the self-development ability of regional farmers is relatively low.According to the region,the score of farmers’ self-development ability is from high to low,which is Momoge Village(0.3769),Dongmo Village(0.3609),and Wulanzhao Village(0.2757).Secondly,according to the dialectic theory of internal and external causes,the theoretical framework of farmers’ self-development ability is constructed from both internal factors and external environment,and the Tobit model is used to conduct empirical analysis of the influencing factors.The results show that: the level of labor skills of family decision-makers,the confidence of family decision-makers in the future family income growth,the number of major family decision-makers participating in training throughout the year,the area of farmland of farmers’ households,the drive of village cadres The drive of rural talents has a significant role in promoting the self-development ability of farmers.However,the age of workers and the number of sick people at home have a significant inhibitory effect on the self-development ability of farmers.Finally,based on the research findings,policy recommendations are proposed to enhance the self-development ability of farmers in Zhenlai County: 1.Improve the rural land transfer system and expand diversified income channels for farmers;2.Strengthen the training of farmers’ vocational skills and promote the revitalization strategy of localized talents;3.Deepen the dual assistance of rural aspirations and intelligence,and give full play to the all-round assistance role of resident cadres;4.Strengthen the rural medical security system and promote the development and construction of healthy rural areas. |
