Abstract
Land transformation in agriculture is a crucial global issue for food safety and regional sustainable development. In the context of Chinese rural revitalization strategy, farmland transfer has become an increasingly engaging area of focus for those in a broad range of fields. In this paper, we make a comprehensive review of land transformation in agriculture through literature analysis. Farmland transfers in China were characterized as five dimensions: public policy, market mechanisms, influencing factors, optimization of spatial distribution, and practical results. Meanwhile, we shed light on limitations of the theories and methodologies for farmland transfers in previous studies, and propose the highlights of farmland transfers in China in the future: (1) refining the theoretical systems of farmland transfer under the background of transformations, (2) optimizing land use configuration for farmland transfers within the context of national strategic decisions, (3) developing the land use model supported by big data for understanding farmland transformation; (4) enhancing the comprehensive analysis and interdisciplinary application perspective for farmland transfer issues.
Highlights
Land transformation in agriculture is a crucial global issue for food safety and regional sustainable development
With the improvement of market economics in China and the preliminary establishment of a new type of agricultural management, farmland transfer plays a key role in agricultural modernization, industrialization, and intensification
Farmland transfer studies in China have been characterized as five dimensions according to study focus, namely, public policies, market mechanisms, influencing factors, optimization of spatial distribution, and practical results
Summary
Farmland transfer is a key factor affecting agricultural sustainable development in China. It is defined as the transfer of farmland contractual management rights via rental, exchange, or subcontracting, following the law, characterized by the change in scale, means, and uses of farmland in The Rural-Land Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China. It is crucial to figure out the future development trend and research focus of farmland transfer in China. To provide useful support for further research on this subject, this paper collected, categorized, collated, and summarized existing findings on farmland transfer in China. The main objective is to suggest possible priorities for future research on farmland transfer in China, providing direction for related studies
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