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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2025, Vol. 61 ›› Issue (12): 206-218.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20240504

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Resolving the Dilemma of Smallholder Forestry Operation: The Impact of Joint Household Operation on Forest Management Inputs under the Deepening of the Collective Forest Tenure Reform

Yanzhen Hong1,2,*(),Yingjing Wang1,2,Chenyuan Zhan3,Han Zhang4   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Managemnet, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou 350002
    2. Research Center for Collective Forestry Reform and Development, National Forestry and Grassland Administration Fuzhou 350002
    3. School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083
    4. College of Economics and Management, Northwest A & F University Yangling 712100
  • Received:2024-08-26 Revised:2025-01-24 Online:2025-12-25 Published:2026-01-08
  • Contact: Yanzhen Hong E-mail:hongyanzhen1984@163.com

Abstract:

Objective: This study aims to explore how joint household management affects forestry management inputs, for enhancing operational efficiency and achieving sustainable development, so as to address the dilemmas faced by individual household operations under the background of the collective forest tenure reform. Method: Based on the monitoring data of collective forest tenure reform, an endogenous switching regression model was adopted to deeply analyze the impact of joint household management model on capital and labor inputs per unit area within a counterfactual analysis framework. Meanwhile, the moderating effect of non-farm employment on the relationship between joint household management and forest management inputs was explored, and the heterogeneity among farmers was analyzed. Result: 1) Under the counterfactual analysis framework, the treatment effect of joint household management on capital input per unit area is ?0.786, and the treatment effect on labor input per unit area is ?0.054, indicating that joint household management can significantly reduce both capital input and labor input per unit area. 2) Non-farm employment positively moderates the relationship between joint household management and capital/labor input per unit area. 3) Joint household management reduces both self-invested labor and hired labor per unit area, with a particularly notable decrease in self-invested labor. In addition, the provision of socialized forestry services effectively alleviates information asymmetry, thereby alleviating opportunistic behaviors. 4) The results of heterogeneity analysis show that farmers with small-scale operations, low incomes, and small-group joint households have more significant reduction effects in forest management input. Conclusion: The government should promote the scaling-up and specialization of forestry production and management, strengthen the interaction between non-farm employment and forestry management, improve the forestry socialization service system, and guide joint household management entities to optimize the interest connection mechanisms. Through differentiated strategies, the government should ensure the shared interests of all parties to promote the optimal allocation of forestry resources and the improvement of economic benefits.

Key words: collective forest tenure reform, joint household operation, capital input, labor input, endogenous switching regression model

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