Abstract: Based on 5 307 field survey data from 58 underdeveloped counties in Shanxi Province, the Logistic-ISM model was used to analyze the influencing factors and occurrence mechanisms. The results indicated that the phenomenon of deviation between the willingness and behavior of farmers in underdeveloped counties of Shanxi Province in land transfer was quite common, and had become a significant obstacle factor in the process of land transfer in the region. There was a common phenomenon of deviation between the willingness and behavior of farmers in land transfer. Among 2 742 households with land transfer intention, 1 892 households （69.00%） did not engage in land transfer behavior;among 2 565 households without land transfer intention, 1 163 households （445.34%） engaged in land transfer behavior;the age of farmers, lack of non-agricultural employment ability, low transfer income, difficulty in finding transaction partners, fear of loss of security, and fear of breach of contract had a significant positive impact on the phenomenon of deviation;the health status of farmers, education level of farmers, total population, proportion of non-agricultural income, maximum and minimum cultivated land area had a significant negative impact on the phenomenon of paradox;on this basis, a deep analysis of the paradox factor was conducted to form a hierarchical structure of “one path, two drives”;taking improving the non-agricultural employment ability of farmers as a breakthrough point, the focus was on addressing the restrictive effects of individual and family characteristics of farmers on land transfer. Based on regulatory ideas and combined with factor pathways, adaptive regulatory measures were proposed.

Key words: land transfer, the contradiction of intention and behavior, Logistic-ISM model, underdeveloped counties, Shanxi Province