The Mechanism Causing an Increase in Farmland Transfer Rent and the Restraining Effect of High Rent on Grain Production

Table 2

Stages and rents of farmland transfer in village G. Measuring unit: kg/ha (rice).

Stage	The direction of farmland transfer (the capacity of production)	Rent	The difference	The cause
The first stage	Low to low and medium	525	—	The income of the contract right
The second stage	Low to medium	825	300	The improvement of production capacity
The third stage	Low and medium to medium	1500	675	Scale economy
The fourth stage	Medium to the highest	3862.5	2362.5	Nongrain production