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| ,On the Impact of the Development of Farmers’ Professional Cooperatives on the Urban-Rural Income Gap |
| ,Gao Huayun |
| (School of Economics， South-Central Minzu University， Wuhan 430074) |
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Abstract Farmers’ professional cooperatives effectively organize scattered small farmers and innovate the mode of agricultural production and operation， which is an effective means to narrow the income gap between and achieve common prosperity of urban and rural areas. Based on theoretical analysis， this paper uses the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2010 to 2022 to empirically analyze the impact of the development of farmers’ professional cooperatives on narrowing the urban-rural income gap. The results show that： the overall development level of farmers’ professional cooperatives has a significant impact on narrowing the income gap between urban and rural areas， and the regression results of the four sub-dimensions of the levels of organization， production and operation， profit and income increase， and social services are also significant. The development of farmers’ specialized cooperatives in non-grain-producing areas has a significant impact on narrowing the urban-rural income gap， but the effect in the grain-producing areas is not significant； the development of farmers’ specialized cooperatives in high-relief-degree areas has a significant impact on narrowing the urban-rural income gap， but the effect in low-relief-degree areas is not significant. The level of urbanization has a threshold effect on the role of the development of farmers’ professional cooperatives in narrowing the urban-rural income gap. In order to narrow the income gap between urban and rural areas and promote common prosperity， the government needs to vigorously develop farmers’ professional cooperatives in rural areas， especially in non-grain-producing areas and high-relief-degree areas， so as to improve their comprehensive levels of organization， production and operation， profit and income increase， and social services. The government should also pay attention to improving the level of local urbanization and provide a better external environment for the development of farmers’ professional cooperatives.
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Received: 04 December 2024
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2024, Vol. 63 
