The plight of peasants' livelihood has always been the focus of social attention. Some people believe that low food prices are the root cause of peasant poverty, but the reality is not so simple. This article will reveal the real causes of peasant poverty and the role of high food prices in solving the problem. Farmers are the cornerstone of national development and food security, but their lives are often troubled. The source of poverty lies in deep-seated structural problems, including difficulties in land transfer, high agricultural production costs, and difficulties in market access. However, high food prices cannot solve the problems faced by farmers alone, and comprehensive measures are needed to improve their livelihoods.
Land intensification and large-scale is an important way to modernize agriculture, however, the decentralization of rural land ownership and the traditional agricultural management model lead to low efficiency of land transfer, and it is difficult to implement large-scale agricultural production. In order to solve this problem, it is necessary to promote land circulation through the reform of the land system, encourage farmers to participate in agricultural cooperatives and other collective management institutions, and improve the efficiency of land circulation and the level of large-scale operation.
Supplement: Land circulation not only involves the reform of the legal system, but also requires the active participation of farmers and the support of supporting policies. ** Subsidies and incentives for land circulation can be provided to encourage farmers to transfer idle land to large-scale agricultural enterprises to improve land utilization and operating efficiency. In addition, the construction of agricultural cooperatives is also an important way to promote land circulation, by encouraging farmers to join cooperatives and share the benefits, it can enhance farmers' land awareness and participation, and improve the efficiency of land use.
The high level of factors of agricultural production has increased a great burden on the peasants. Seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and other agricultural production factors have made it difficult for farmers to operate. In addition, rising labor costs have also exacerbated the plight of farmers. In order to reduce the burden on farmers, the cost of agricultural production can be reduced through subsidies and preferential policies, and the competitiveness of agricultural products can be improved.
Supplement: ** Through the form of agricultural insurance, farmers can be provided with planting insurance, breeding insurance and other risk protection, to reduce farmers' losses caused by natural disasters and other factors. In addition, it is also possible to establish a support mechanism for agricultural production funds, provide loans and credit support for farmers, reduce farmers' financing costs, and help them carry out agricultural production smoothly.
When farmers sell agricultural products, they often face problems such as difficulty in market access and information asymmetry. Farmers lack information symmetry and are easily troubled by the sky-high prices in the middle. At the same time, the imperfect logistics network leads to the low efficiency of the circulation of agricultural products, which is difficult to be reasonably regulated, and ultimately causes farmers to have meager profits or even losses. In order to solve this problem, it is essential to establish a sound agricultural product circulation system.
Supplement: ** can strengthen the construction and management of the logistics network of agricultural products, and improve the circulation efficiency of agricultural products. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the collection and publicity of information on the agricultural product market, help farmers understand the market demand, and increase the sales value of agricultural products. In addition, it can also support farmers to participate in e-commerce platforms, broaden sales channels, strengthen cooperation with supermarkets, restaurants and other terminal markets, and improve sales channels and opportunities for agricultural products.
To sum up, the root cause of peasant poverty is not just low food prices. Solving the plight of farmers requires systemic reforms and policy support. We need to provide farmers with more comprehensive and effective assistance in terms of land transfer, agricultural production costs and market access, so that their hard work can be fairly rewarded. Farmers are the backbone of the motherland, and we should pay attention to their lives, create better conditions for their development, and jointly build a beautiful rural revitalization.