A Rural Land Share Cooperative System for Alleviating the Small, Scattered, and Weak Dilemma in Agricultural Development: The Cases of Tangyue, Zhouchong, and Chongzhou

“Small, scattered and weak”, i.e., small-scale arable land holdings, decentralized operation, weak effectiveness are common agricultural development problems that most developing countries face. Promoting the moderate-scale operation modernization of agriculture under premise protecting social stability is a complex systemic process. In evolution China’s business model system reform, Land Shareholding Cooperative System (LSCS) emerged. However, few studies have focused on relationship between rural institution innovation economic development. We found great potential in this approach solving dilemma “small, scattered, weak” development, while farmers’ property rights. described cases Tangyue, Zhouchong, Chongzhou China through research method to illustrate how occurred. This takes full advantage combination “cooperative” “shareholding” alleviating incompatibility historical allocation with urbanization Balancing factor markets welfare members contributes its effective implementation. study provides valuable examples similar areas countries.