YAN Jianzhong, ZHANG Yili, ZHANG Liping, WU Yingying. Livelihood Strategy Change and Land Use Change——Case of Danzam Village in Upper Dadu River Watershed, Tibetan Plateau of China[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2009, 19(3): 231-240. doi: 10.1007/s11769-009-0231-9
Citation: YAN Jianzhong, ZHANG Yili, ZHANG Liping, WU Yingying. Livelihood Strategy Change and Land Use Change——Case of Danzam Village in Upper Dadu River Watershed, Tibetan Plateau of China[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2009, 19(3): 231-240. doi: 10.1007/s11769-009-0231-9

Livelihood Strategy Change and Land Use Change——Case of Danzam Village in Upper Dadu River Watershed, Tibetan Plateau of China

doi: 10.1007/s11769-009-0231-9
Funds:  Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.40601006, 40471009);National Basic Rsearch Program of China (No.2005CB422006)
  • Received Date: 2008-05-12
  • Rev Recd Date: 2009-02-10
  • Publish Date: 2009-09-20
  • Land use change in rural China since the 1980s, induced by institution reforms, urbanization, industrialization and population increase, has received more attention. However, case studies on how institution reforms affect farmers' livelihood strategies and drive land use change are scarce. By means of cropland plots investigations and interviews with farmers, this study examines livelihood strategy change and land use change in Danzam Village of Jinchuan County in the upper Dadu River watershed, eastern Tibetan Plateau, China. The results show that, during the collective system period, as surplus labor forces could not be transferred to the secondary and tertiary industries, they had to choose agricultural involution as their livelihood strategy, then the farmers had to produce more grains by land reclamation, increasing multiple cropping index, improving input of labor, fertilizer, pesticide and adopting advanced agricultural techniques. During the household responsibility system period, as labors being transferred to the secondary and tertiary industries, farmers chose livelihood diversification strategy. Therefore, labor input to grain planting was greatly reduced, which drove the transformation of grain to horticulture, vegetable or wasteland and decrease of multiple cropping index. This study provides a new insight into understanding linkages among institution reforms, livelihood strategy of
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Livelihood Strategy Change and Land Use Change——Case of Danzam Village in Upper Dadu River Watershed, Tibetan Plateau of China

doi: 10.1007/s11769-009-0231-9
Funds:  Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.40601006, 40471009);National Basic Rsearch Program of China (No.2005CB422006)

Abstract: Land use change in rural China since the 1980s, induced by institution reforms, urbanization, industrialization and population increase, has received more attention. However, case studies on how institution reforms affect farmers' livelihood strategies and drive land use change are scarce. By means of cropland plots investigations and interviews with farmers, this study examines livelihood strategy change and land use change in Danzam Village of Jinchuan County in the upper Dadu River watershed, eastern Tibetan Plateau, China. The results show that, during the collective system period, as surplus labor forces could not be transferred to the secondary and tertiary industries, they had to choose agricultural involution as their livelihood strategy, then the farmers had to produce more grains by land reclamation, increasing multiple cropping index, improving input of labor, fertilizer, pesticide and adopting advanced agricultural techniques. During the household responsibility system period, as labors being transferred to the secondary and tertiary industries, farmers chose livelihood diversification strategy. Therefore, labor input to grain planting was greatly reduced, which drove the transformation of grain to horticulture, vegetable or wasteland and decrease of multiple cropping index. This study provides a new insight into understanding linkages among institution reforms, livelihood strategy of

YAN Jianzhong, ZHANG Yili, ZHANG Liping, WU Yingying. Livelihood Strategy Change and Land Use Change——Case of Danzam Village in Upper Dadu River Watershed, Tibetan Plateau of China[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2009, 19(3): 231-240. doi: 10.1007/s11769-009-0231-9
Citation: YAN Jianzhong, ZHANG Yili, ZHANG Liping, WU Yingying. Livelihood Strategy Change and Land Use Change——Case of Danzam Village in Upper Dadu River Watershed, Tibetan Plateau of China[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2009, 19(3): 231-240. doi: 10.1007/s11769-009-0231-9
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