Abstract
The growing supply-demand imbalance of idle rural homesteads threatens food security and eco-environmental sustainability. The construction of production relations centered on new-quality productive forces is crucial for resolving this dilemma and accelerating China's high-quality development. Integrating planned behavior theory and rural migration framework, this study analyzes determinants of farmers' homestead relinquishment intentions using survey data. Age, annual income, number of homesteads owned, and the purchase of a house in town all have a significant effect on farmers' withdrawal homesteads. Upon withdrawing their homesteads, farmers take into account policies and regulations, compensation standards, livelihood security after withdrawal. Material needs and attachment to the countryside constitute two pivotal factors influencing farmers' decisions to withdraw homesteads. Farmers who own more than two homesteads and have purchased a house in town favor long-term compensation, while tend to favor one-time compensation. In the process of homestead exit, a multi-agent, personalized, and comprehensive policy system should be established according to the actual needs of farmers. This research contributes theoretical insights for grain-producing regions' land management innovation and offers a replicable model for global rural land consolidation practices.