[1]CHENG Simin,WANG Jijun,LI Maosen,et al.Analysis on the Evolutionary Process of Farmers’ Livelihood Strategy and the Agricultural Industry-Resources System Coupling Mechanism in De-Farming Regions——A Case Study of Zhifanggou Watershed[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2018,25(05):242-249.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
25
Number of periods:
2018 05
Page number:
242-249
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Public date:
2018-09-06
- Title:
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Analysis on the Evolutionary Process of Farmers’ Livelihood Strategy and the Agricultural Industry-Resources System Coupling Mechanism in De-Farming Regions——A Case Study of Zhifanggou Watershed
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CHENG Simin1,3, WANG Jijun1,2, LI Maosen2, LI Yue2, QIAO Mei2
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1. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
2. Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Keywords:
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farmer; livelihood strategy; agricultural industry-resources system; coupling mechanism; de-farming regions
- CLC:
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F326.3
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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The implementation of the Grain for Green Project has improved the regional ecological environment. The increased forest and grass resources have not been effectively utilized by the related industries. The contradiction between the agricultural industry and resources system in the de-farming regions has impeded the development of agriculture and economy. From the perspective of household livelihood strategy change, we can reveal the agricultural industry-resource system coupling mechanism and its action path, and then promote the benign coupling of agricultural industry-resource system. Based on the related research at home and abroad, this paper makes a theoretical analysis on the coupling mechanism of farmers’ livelihood strategy and agricultural industry-resources system in the de-farming regions, and selects the typical representative watershed, Zhifanggou Watershed, as an example. The results are shown as follows. (1) Farmers are the driving force on agricultural industry-resources coupling system and their livelihood strategies interact with the system coupling mechanism. The livelihood strategies are controlled by the livelihood capital and the agricultural industry-resources system coupling mechanism, the coupling mechanism serves the livelihood strategies. The main driving factors of them are livelihood capital, national policy and peasant household management concept. (2) Farmers’ livelihood strategies include natural livelihood strategy, extended livelihood strategy, diversified livelihood strategy, intensive livelihood strategy and migration livelihood strategy. The evolution in Zhifanggou Watershed has experienced the first four. Among them, the natural livelihood strategy is consistent with system coupling mechanism. The other three are coordinated with system coupling mechanism by and large. However, there are conflicts between some of the driving factors. (3) The current livelihood strategy in Zhifanggou Watershed is still intensive. The major problem is that a large number of forest and grass resources are not being used as well as resource endowment and national policy are not coupled effectively. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the farmers’ livelihood strategies and establish a benign coupling mechanism to promote the optimal allocation of resources for the efficient development of agriculture industry-resources system.