Livelihood Assets and Strategies among Rural Households: Comparative Analysis of Rice and Dryland Terrace Systems in China

doi:10.3390/su10072525

	Livelihood Assets and Strategies among Rural Households: Comparative Analysis of Rice and Dryland Terrace Systems in China
	Yang, Lun 1,2; Liu, Moucheng 1; Lun, Fei 3,4; Min, Qingwen 1,2; Zhang, Canqiang 5; Li, Heyao 1,2
刊名	SUSTAINABILITY
	2018-07-01
卷号	10 期号:7 页码:18
关键词	agricultural heritage systems terrace systems sustainable development livelihood strategies livelihood assets
ISSN号	2071-1050
DOI	10.3390/su10072525
通讯作者	Liu, Moucheng(liumc@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	The livelihood of peasant households is one of the selection criteria of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and a critical factor that affects agricultural heritage system conservation and inheritance. Taking the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces System (HHRTS) and Shexian Dryland Terraces System (SDTS) as examples, we investigated 304 households through a participatory rural appraisal method to discuss the livelihood assets and strategies of households in agricultural heritage systems. From the viewpoint of livelihood strategies, household strategies can be divided into pure agricultural, nonagricultural, and part-time agricultural strategies. The livelihood strategies of households in the HHRTS feature a higher proportion of nonagricultural, while those in the SDTS have a diverse distribution. With respect to livelihood assets, we constructed a livelihood assets accounting framework to highlight the important role of traditional culture and information technology in agricultural activities. The average livelihood assets value in the HHRTS and SDTS was 2.249 and 1.832, respectively. Then, applying the multinomial logit model, we quantitatively analyzed the relationship between livelihood assets and strategies. The results show that in both terrace systems, the understanding of traditional agricultural knowledge is important to suppress the shift of pure agricultural households to nonagricultural or part-time agricultural households. Therefore, in order to achieve dynamic conservation of terrace systems, it is necessary to effectively increase the cultural assets level of households, especially farmers' understanding of traditional agricultural knowledge.
资助项目	National Key R&D Program of China[2017YFC0506402] ; National Social Science Fund of China[17CSH012]
WOS关键词	AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE SYSTEMS ; DECISION-MAKING ; LAND-USE ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; ADAPTATION ; DIVERSIFICATION ; LANDSCAPES ; RESOURCES ; PRESSURES
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000440947600416
资助机构	National Key R&D Program of China ; National Social Science Fund of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/54320]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Liu, Moucheng
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, 11A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, 19A Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.China Agr Univ, Coll Land Sci & Technol, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China 4.Minist Land & Resources, Key Lab Agr Land Qual, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China 5.Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, Res Ctr Rural Econ, Beijing 100810, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Lun,Liu, Moucheng,Lun, Fei,et al. Livelihood Assets and Strategies among Rural Households: Comparative Analysis of Rice and Dryland Terrace Systems in China[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2018,10(7):18.
APA	Yang, Lun,Liu, Moucheng,Lun, Fei,Min, Qingwen,Zhang, Canqiang,&Li, Heyao.(2018).Livelihood Assets and Strategies among Rural Households: Comparative Analysis of Rice and Dryland Terrace Systems in China.SUSTAINABILITY,10(7),18.
MLA	Yang, Lun,et al."Livelihood Assets and Strategies among Rural Households: Comparative Analysis of Rice and Dryland Terrace Systems in China".SUSTAINABILITY 10.7(2018):18.