Evaluation by Farmers on the Chinese Farmer's Professional Association

The case study in Changsha & Huarong, Hunan Province

Abstract

The paper analyses the farmer's willingness to participate to and evaluation on performance of the Farmer's Professional Association (FPA) in order to discuss a future development of FPA with the questionnaire survey targeting both peri-urban and less favorable areas in Hunan Province in China. The result clarifies that farmer's concerns about the FPA is still low due to insufficient information on its activities even though it could contribute to increasing income and improving farming practices. This requires related policies such as provision of information and services demanded, build-up of better relationships between farmers and FPA, and necessary policy and institutional arrangements.