Study on the Usage Status and Issues of Farmland and Homesteads of Farming Village Joined by Agricultural Enterprises in the Suburb of Shenyang, China

Abstract

This is one article of the series study aiming to grasp the actual situation of rural land circulation, and summarize the planning issues related to land use. In the first article, it is proved that based on the major object of farmland transfer, all the 15 villages of Yinjia Subdistrict can be divided into 3 types, “absorption within the village type” (5 villages), “lending to operators outside the village type” (9 villages), and “corporate entry into agriculture type” (1 village), and different types of villages face different land use planning issues. In this article, taking Yinjia village, which is classified into “corporate entry into agriculture type” for research object, 1) the process of corporate entry into agriculture, the overall situation of agricultural land management and the current problems is explored, 2) the jobs-housing relationship of the residents inside the village, the situation and trend of homestead use is explored, 3) the overall situation of land use and the future issues are prospected. The results are as follows. 1Among the 210 hectares of agricultural land in Yinjia Village, 180 hectares of farmland are leased to corporates, and only nearly 30 hectares of farmland are cultivated by farmers themselves. 2The residents of the village are composed of household registration population engaged in agricultural production, household registration population not engaged in agricultural production, and non-resident registration population. 3In order to ensure the continuous use of farmland and homesteads, it is necessary to strengthen the management of agricultural companies and provide employment opportunities for residents.