TITLE:
How Far Is the Ideal from Reality: Research on the Realistic Dilemmas and Solutions for Innovating Farmland Transfer Compensation Methods—A Case Study of the Socialist New Countryside Pilot Zone in Guangdong Province
AUTHORS:
Shanfeng Deng
KEYWORDS:
Farmland Transfer, Compensation Methods, Shareholding and Dividend Distribution, Supply-Side
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.14 No.4,
April
29,
2026
ABSTRACT: With the continuous development of new types of agricultural operating entities, farmland transfer and its compensation methods have been evolving in practice, providing more institutional options for safeguarding farmers’ land rights and broadening their income channels. However, constrained by multiple factors, the ideal compensation methods generally encounter implementation obstacles. Farmers remain at a disadvantage in the game of seeking optimal compensation arrangements. This dilemma stems primarily from multiple structural deficiencies, including farmers’ low levels of self-organization, ambiguous positioning of government functions, and inadequate supporting mechanisms. To address this, from the perspective of supply-side structural reform, it is essential to systematically promote the optimization and innovation of farmland transfer compensation methods by consolidating farmers’ self-organization and bargaining capabilities, promoting the transformation of government functions, establishing comprehensive service platforms for farmland transfer, and cultivating new types of agricultural social enterprises.