A Study on Accounting for Suburban Agricultural Land Rent in a Chinese Context Based on Agricultural Ecological Value and Landscape Value
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. An Agricultural DSS Analytical Framework
2.1.1. The Many Uses of Land and Agricultural Land Protection
2.1.2. The Multifunctionality of Suburban Agricultural Production
2.1.3. Agricultural Production’s Natural and Social Reproduction
2.1.4. Multiple Land Rent for Suburban Agricultural Production
2.1.5. Accounting Rules and Realization Rules of Suburban RA
2.1.6. Theory of RA Maximization
2.2. Methods and Data
3. Results
3.1. Numerical Simulation of Suburban Static RA
3.2. Numerical Simulation of Suburban Dynamic RA
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions and Implications
5.1. Conclusions
5.2. Implications
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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RP | RE | RL | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RP,A | RP,I | RP,II | RE,A | RE,I | RE,II | RL,A | RL,I | RL,II | |
Labor input (L) | 100 | 100 | 150 | 120 | 120 | 180 | 60 | 60 | 90 |
Capital input (K) | 200 | 200 | 300 | 240 | 240 | 360 | 120 | 120 | 180 |
Output (unit) (Q) | 412.50 | 650 | 1000 | 577.50 | 910 | 1400 | 330 | 520 | 800 |
Price (CNY/unit) (P) | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 |
Sale volume (CNY) | 330 | 520 | 800 | 519.75 | 819 | 1260 | 198 | 312 | 480 |
Surplus value rate w (%) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Interest rate r (%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Factor cost accounting coefficient (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Individual production price (CNY) | 330 | 330 | 495 | 396 | 396 | 594 | 198 | 198 | 297 |
Labor and capital cost (CNY) | 310 | 310 | 465 | 372 | 372 | 558 | 186 | 186 | 279 |
Absolute land rent (CNY) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 147.75 | 147.75 | 147.75 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Differential land rent I (CNY) | 0 | 190 | 190 | 0 | 299.25 | 299.25 | 0 | 114 | 114 |
Differential land rent II (CNY) | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
Total land rent (CNY) | 20 | 210 | 335 | 147.75 | 447 | 702 | 12 | 126 | 201 |
RP + RE + RL | RA/RP | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RP,A + RE,A + RL,A | RP,I + RE,I + RL,I | RP,II + RE,II + RL,II | [RP,A + RE,A + RL,A]/RP,A | [RP,I + RE,I + RL,I]/RP,I | [RP,II + RE,II + RL,II]/RP,II | |
Labor input (L) | 280 | 280 | 420 | 2.80 | 2.80 | 2.80 |
Capital input (K) | 560 | 560 | 840 | 2.80 | 2.80 | 2.80 |
Output (unit) (Q) | 1320 | 2080 | 3200 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.20 |
Price (CNY/unit) (P) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sale volume (CNY) | 1047.75 | 1651 | 2540 | 3.18 | 3.18 | 3.18 |
Surplus value rate w (%) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Interest rate r (%) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Factor cost accounting coefficient (%) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Individual production price (CNY) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Labor and capital cost (CNY) | 868 | 868 | 1302 | 2.80 | 2.80 | 2.80 |
Absolute land rent (CNY) | 179.75 | 179.75 | 179.75 | 8.99 | 8.99 | 8.99 |
Differential land rent I (CNY) | 0 | 603.25 | 603.25 | - | 3.18 | 3.18 |
Differential land rent II (CNY) | 0 | 0 | 455 | - | - | 3.64 |
Total land rent (CNY) | 179.75 | 783 | 1238 | 8.99 | 3.73 | 3.70 |
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Wang, K.; Lu, J.; Liu, H.; Fan, X.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, S. A Study on Accounting for Suburban Agricultural Land Rent in a Chinese Context Based on Agricultural Ecological Value and Landscape Value. Land 2023, 12, 2138. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122138
Wang K, Lu J, Liu H, Fan X, Zhang L, Zhang S. A Study on Accounting for Suburban Agricultural Land Rent in a Chinese Context Based on Agricultural Ecological Value and Landscape Value. Land. 2023; 12(12):2138. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122138
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Keqiang, Jianglin Lu, Hongmei Liu, Xin Fan, Lina Zhang, and Silu Zhang. 2023. "A Study on Accounting for Suburban Agricultural Land Rent in a Chinese Context Based on Agricultural Ecological Value and Landscape Value" Land 12, no. 12: 2138. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122138