In recent years, the special group of migrant workers has made great contributions to the construction and development of rural areas. Therefore, in light of the situation where they return to their hometowns in large numbers due to the impact of the international financial crisis, supporting farmers' entrepreneurship and expanding employment opportunities for farmers should become a top priority for governments at all levels. Farmers' entrepreneurship is an important way to solve the problem of farmers' employment. Employment is the foundation of people's livelihood, and it is the primary condition for ensuring increased income for farmers and improving their living standards. Employment requires job positions, which can be created through entrepreneurship. Thus, to solve the employment issue of returning farmers, besides broadening employment channels, there must also be strong encouragement and promotion of farmers' self-employment and independent career pursuit. Farmers have a strong desire and motivation for entrepreneurship. Most of the migrant workers are young adults who have received a certain level of education and possess a relatively strong sense of risk-taking and entrepreneurial spirit. They have worked hard in cities for many years, aware of the urban-rural disparities. If they could start their own businesses in the countryside upon returning, it would greatly benefit the development of rural areas. However, there are indeed some pressing issues that need to be resolved regarding farmers' independent entrepreneurship. In my opinion, these mainly include the following points:
1. Insufficient startup capital. Farmers generally lack money, so where does the first pot of gold for starting a business come from? This requires support from national financial policies to smooth out financing channels for farmer entrepreneurs and establish a financing system for farmers' entrepreneurship. Rural cooperative financial institutions could be encouraged to innovate loan service types and continuously increase the scale of large loans. Loan services should be provided to farmers using land operation rights and property as collateral.
2. Lack of information sources. Some farmers, despite having high enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, generally have low educational levels, weak abilities in information acquisition and analysis, insufficient professional knowledge and skills for starting businesses, and a tendency towards blind actions. Providing farmers with access to market information, national rural policies, and agricultural science and technology information, building a platform for them, and offering more comprehensive insights into "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (the three rurals) would be an excellent way to assist farmers in getting out of poverty.
3. Insufficient supportive policies. Local governments at all levels need to change their functions, lower thresholds, simplify procedures, eliminate discrimination and disparities, improve government efficiency in agriculture-related matters, and break administrative and industrial monopolies to create an environment of equal competition for farmer entrepreneurs alongside other citizens. Additionally, fiscal measures such as establishing a farmers' entrepreneurship fund and recognizing exemplary cases of self-employment should be considered.
4. Weak entrepreneurial capabilities. The ability for farmers to independently start businesses still needs further improvement; the entrepreneurial training and subsequent services provided by government service departments and social organizations are not yet sufficient to meet the needs of farmers' entrepreneurship. A farmers' entrepreneurship training system should be established, with training plans developed, increased training efforts, and the cultivation of a new type of farmer who is knowledgeable, skilled in technology, good at management, and capable of specialized production and industrialized operations. Cultivating farmers' entrepreneurial awareness, enhancing their entrepreneurial capabilities, and broadening entrepreneurial pathways in rural areas are key aspects of encouraging and supporting farmers' entrepreneurship for poverty alleviation, making it an effective action with multiple benefits. Encouraging farmers to independently start businesses involves providing a stage and opportunities for a large number of farmers through policy guidance, financial support for entrepreneurship, and technical assistance. It also involves focusing on nurturing farmers' independent consciousness, a sense of ownership, and entrepreneurial skills.
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