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Can Government-organized Training in the Agricultural Industry Promote Sustainable Increases in Smallholder Farmer Income? — Evidence from rural household survey data in Shandong Province, China
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: Received: 12 September 2020 / Approved: 14 September 2020 / Online: 14 September 2020 (00:20:07 CEST)
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ZHANG, Y.; Sun, Y. Can Government-organized Training in the Agricultural Industry Promote Sustainable Increases in Smallholder Farmer Income? — Evidence from rural household survey data in Shandong Province, China. Preprints.org2020, 2020090312
ZHANG, Y.; Sun, Y. Can Government-organized Training in the Agricultural Industry Promote Sustainable Increases in Smallholder Farmer Income? — Evidence from rural household survey data in Shandong Province, China. Preprints.org 2020, 2020090312
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ZHANG, Y.; Sun, Y. Can Government-organized Training in the Agricultural Industry Promote Sustainable Increases in Smallholder Farmer Income? — Evidence from rural household survey data in Shandong Province, China. Preprints.org2020, 2020090312
ZHANG, Y.; Sun, Y. Can Government-organized Training in the Agricultural Industry Promote Sustainable Increases in Smallholder Farmer Income? — Evidence from rural household survey data in Shandong Province, China. Preprints.org 2020, 2020090312
Abstract
This article explores the impact of farmers’ vocational training on their income. Survey data concerning agricultural product quality and agricultural product sales were collected by the research team in Yantai City, China. An endogenous transformation regression model (ESR) was then used to analyze the impact of training on farmers’ family income, and the income mechanism was further tested. The results from the empirical analysis suggest that (1) Participating in training can significantly increase farmers’ income; (2) Farmers who pay more attention to the quality of their agricultural products during the production process are more likely to see their incomes increase after participating in the training.
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