Abstract: This paper analyzes the social path to governance farmland fragmentation and its effect and benefit under the background of the separation of land ownership rights, contract rights and land management rights, which based on the case of Shayang county of Hubei province. The results indicate that: (1) the farmers have strong demand for farmland fragmentation governmence. The separation of rural land ownership, contract rights and the right to manage the land activates farmers’ sense of gain and land adjustment ability, which makes them not only be the “beneficiaries” of the result of farmland fragmentation governmence, but also be the “dominant players” in the process of farmland fragmentation governmence.(2) by separating “contract rights” and “land management rights”, both “contractors” and “managers” can obtain their expected property reasonably, which reduces the transaction costs of land adjustment.(3) both local government and village collective play an important role of coordination and integration in the process of adjusting the land, which can effectively improve the efficiency of farmland fragmentation governance through the local characteristics strategies, such as rational calculation and long-term planning. The study found that: the social path to governance farmland fragmentation can achieve better governance effect and has significant economic and social benefits. It helps to maintain social stability and sustainable development in rural areas. This paper concludes that: with the confirmation of land right currently, there is a favorable opportunity for farmland fragmentation governance. For the rest of the whole country, it is necessary to combine with the village reality, the grass-roots social resources and farmers’ different needs, then select a variety of appropriate land adjustment forms, such as “management right” transfer or exchange. Only in this way can we solve the problem of farmland fragmentation effectively and further improve the efficiency of farmland resource allocation.
Key words：farmland fragmentation governance; confirmation of land right; separating rural land rights; land adjustment; farmers’ sense of gain