Farmland circulation is an important way to achieve moderate scale operation to ensure food security. Based on the spatial analysis and spatial econometric model, this paper studies the spatial-temporal evolution and influencing factors of cultivated land transfer price at the county level in China from 2015 to 2020. The results revealed the following: (1) the circulation price of farmland generally shows paddy field > irrigated land > dry land > other cultivated land. The farmland circulation price in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain is always the highest, whereas that in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is always the lowest. (2) The spatial pattern of farmland circulation price is high in the south and low in the north, presenting an inverted U-shaped structure from east to west in 2015, and high in the east and low in the west, presenting an inverted U-shaped structure from north to south in 2020. Moreover, the spatial agglomeration was enhanced. (3) With the development of land market and urbanization, the restriction of natural factors of cultivated land on the farmland circulation price weakens, while the socio-economic attribute of cultivated land constantly strengthens. Based on the results, this paper puts forward some suggestions to prevent the overcapitalization of land.
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Figure 1.
Change of farmland circulation price from 2015 to 2020.
Figure 2.
Spatial trend of farmland circulation price in 2015 and 2020.
Figure 3.
The spatial agglomeration of farmland circulation price in 2015 and 2020. Note: Maps were drawn according to the standard map with the drawing No. GS (2019) 1823, which was downloaded from the standard map service website of Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China. No modifications were made on the base map.