[Objective] To estimate the performance level of later period management and maintenance and to reveal its obstacle indicators from farmers' perspective based on two aspects of project process and results

in order to provide decision-making basis for establishing and perfect government management mechanism of rural land consolidation(RLC) project.[Methods] Methods employed are fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method based on entropy weight and the obstacle degree model.[Results] The performance level of later period management and maintenance in the investigation area was generally not high. Some differences existed are exerted in the performance level of later period management and maintenance in the two pattern area. The later period performance level was mainly restrained by the inter-process performance. The process factors include management participators

management regime

management fund and management measures

and again with the performances of irrigation/drainage project and farmland protection project. All these factors had significant impacts on promoting the comprehensive performance level of rural land consolidation(RLC).[Conclusion] To raise the performance level of later period management and maintenance of RLC

several items should be concerned. Firstly

we should assign and specify the management participators. Farmers' self-organized association was thought to be the first choice. Secondly

we should establish practical institutional regime to assure the timeliness and effectiveness of normalized daily procedures of management and maintenance. Thirdly

we should raise funds of later period management and maintenance of RLC through different channels

and arouse the enthusiasm of farmers to participate in later period management and maintenance of RLC projects.