#农村土地为何大面积闲置? #
Land is the basis for farmers' survival, and in the past, they relied on their own land to sustain their families. Nowadays, with the continuous progress of society, the life of farmers has become better, and the development of rural areas has become the focus of the mainland government's work, but it has also brought a series of problems, especially the problem of idle farmland, which has become a problem that needs to be solved urgently.
Why is the phenomenon of vacant fields in rural areas getting worse?
The urbanization rate has exceeded 60 per cent, and the number of rural dwellers is decreasing. With the aging of the population, even if there is a population, there is not much land to cultivate, so it is inevitable that the arable land will be idle.
The second aspect is about economic construction. Although the current economic situation is getting better and better, the prices of agricultural products have not changed much, and it is almost impossible to support a family with the hands of a farmer. Although most of today's agriculture has been large-scale and mechanized, the price at that time was too high for them to afford, so they all went to the city to work.
The third aspect is environmental protection. Today's global warming and increasing extreme weather will also have a great impact on the growth of crops, such as the drought in 2022, which will be a huge blow to farmers.
In addition, the infrastructure in the village is not very good, so many people want to go to the city and live a better life. In addition, the government's subsidies to agriculture are not strong enough and timely, which makes it difficult to effectively protect the rights and interests of farmers, which is also an important reason for this problem.
Fourth, there is an imbalance in the allocation of resources. Nowadays, everyone understands that learning is the only way out, and the rural environment is too poor, and some excellent teachers are reluctant to go to the countryside, resulting in an educational gap between urban and rural areas, who do not want their children to receive a good education. This is not only a question of education, but also in rural areas, such as health care and employment.
The consequences of vacant fields in rural areas
The current vacancy rate of cultivated land in the mainland is very high, the existing cultivated land area in the country is 1.43 billion mu, but the per capita cultivated land is less than 1.2 mu, which is only 25% of the global average, and the mainland wastes as much as 3,000 mu of land a year.
This shows how scarce our country's land resources are, and with our current population, if we don't buy food from other countries, a large number of people will starve to death. Although our country is still an agricultural country, it can only rely on imports, and once the world situation changes, China will also be greatly impacted.
In addition, the rural economy will also suffer a huge blow. If the rural areas want to develop, they must rely on agriculture, and if the peasants do not farm the land, how can they promote the development of the rural economy? This has had a great impact on the peasants' economic development and has made more people unwilling to farm.
Third, it has a certain impact on the environment. Empty places will be affected by wind and rain, which will lead to soil loss, and long-term idleness will lead to poor soil quality, and if you want to use this land in the future, the cost will be higher.
Land is the basis for the peasants' survival, but also the economic pillar of a country, farmland idle, in a sense, is also a kind of social problem embodiment, we can not only focus on the "agricultural problem", but to reduce the burden of the peasants, from the root to solve the problem of "not planting".
What can be done to mitigate this phenomenon?
First of all, it is necessary to intensify the management and supervision of cultivated land. It is necessary to properly protect the cultivated land in the rural areas, reduce the waste of land resources, and resolutely put a stop to the waste of certain land resources. At the same time, it can also guide farmers to reclaim farmland and improve land use efficiency.
Second, we should encourage and guide the peasants to return to their hometowns to work in farming. For example, it is necessary to increase the technical training of farmers and improve their planting level, so as to better improve the quality and efficiency of planting. On this basis, advanced agricultural science and technology should be introduced to increase the income of rural households.
Third, we should strengthen support and subsidies for rural areas and strengthen training in rural areas. Now many people don't want to return to their hometowns, and there is a big factor in this, that is, there is no money, if the state can give them some support, such as helping them sell agricultural products, to ease their economic burden, it will definitely have a good effect.
Finally, we need to increase the construction of public infrastructure in rural areas, because the environmental pollution in cities is more serious and the living conditions are better, so I think more people will want to return to the countryside. Especially now that the economic situation is not good, people in the city are under a lot of pressure, and it is not easy to find a stable job.
The problem of vacant land in rural areas is complex and is caused by a variety of factors, but I think that anyone is willing to return to their hometowns as long as they can make money in rural areas. Of course, this also depends on the strength of the whole society to make the countryside a better place.