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Mechanization-driven farmland consolidation and farm household labor allocation: Evidence from grain producers in Shandong, China

Yang Liu,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Yantai Agricultural Science Research Institute, Yantai, Shandong, China
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Pengsong Ding,

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Yantai Agricultural Science Research Institute, Yantai, Shandong, China
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Xiubo Xia,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Yantai Agricultural Science Research Institute, Yantai, Shandong, China
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Shuping Li,

Roles Investigation, Software

Affiliation Yantai Agricultural Science Research Institute, Yantai, Shandong, China
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Qingpeng Sun,

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Yantai Agricultural Science Research Institute, Yantai, Shandong, China
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Tianjing Yang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Yantai Agricultural Science Research Institute, Yantai, Shandong, China
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Yufei Bu,

Roles Validation

Affiliation Yantai Agricultural Technology Extension Center, Yantai, Shandong, China
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Huanchun Zhang

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

* E-mail: ytnkyxxs@163.com

Affiliation Yantai Agricultural Science Research Institute, Yantai, Shandong, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2010-2885

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Mechanization-driven farmland consolidation and farm household labor allocation: Evidence from grain producers in Shandong, China

Yang Liu,
Pengsong Ding,
Xiubo Xia,
Shuping Li,
Qingpeng Sun,
Tianjing Yang,
Yufei Bu,
Huanchun Zhang

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Published: February 6, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340297

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