Drivers of peri-urban farmers’ land-use decisions: an analysis of factors and characteristics

Wadduwage, Suranga

doi:10.1080/1747423x.2021.1922525

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“…In recent years, with agricultural industry adjustments, large differences have emerged between using cultivated land for cash crops or non-agricultural activities and using it for grain production [36]. Thus, operators usually prioritize non-grain production or non-agricultural activities over grain production to obtain higher profits [38]. However, excessive non-grain production can have negative effects on grain security for China and the international community.…”

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Unraveling the Causal Mechanisms for Non-Grain Production of Cultivated Land: An Analysis Framework Applied in Liyang, China

Cheng

Tao

Huang

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The excessive use of cultivated land for non-grain production activities is considered a threat to grain security. This study presents an analysis framework on unraveling the causal mechanisms for non-grain production of cultivated land. We apply the analysis framework in Liyang, which is located in the Yangtze River Delta and is also an important “national grain base” county of China. We first determine four non-grain production categories as immediately recoverable (IMR), simple-engineering recoverable (SER), engineering recoverable (ENR), and irrecoverable (IR) based on the effect of non-grain activities on the degree of soil damage of the cultivated land, especially the difficulty of restoring the capacity for grain production. Then, we analyze the spatial pattern features for non-grain production of four given categories at the village scale. Furthermore, we reveal the mechanisms of the four categories using multiple linear regression modeling with geophysical, demographic, economic, and policy variables. The results show that the total non-grain area of cultivated land in Liyang is 28,158.38 hectares, and the non-grain rate is 48.09%, ranging from 10.59% to 96.75% among villages. The IMR, SER, ER, and IR rates are 11.81%, 17.76%, 15.07%, and 3.45%, respectively. There is also a significant neighborhood effect among the four categories, indicating that non-grain production activities have a stimulating effect on the surrounding operators of cultivated land. Farming conditions such as the proportion of irrigated farmland and economic variables such as the tourism scale have stronger effects on non-grain production than demographic variables. Policy variables, especially the cultivated land transfer policy, neither inhibit nor promote non-grain production. Based on these findings, we make policy suggestions for reducing non-grain production activities and protecting cultivated land. This analysis framework contributes to a new perspective for unraveling the causal mechanisms and making categorical governance decisions of non-grain production on cultivated land at the village level.

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Unraveling the Causal Mechanisms for Non-Grain Production of Cultivated Land: An Analysis Framework Applied in Liyang, China

Cheng

Tao

Huang

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Land

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“…However, post-productivism is a theoretical perspective of British-based rural transformation, making it a concept that has been controversial since its inception. A review of the literature suggests that there exist significant differences in rural values and driving actors between productivism and post-productivism [18][19][20]30]. Scholars have presented various different viewpoints when arguing about the characteristics of China's rural transformation.…”

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Productivism and Post-Productivism: An Analysis of Functional Mixtures in Rural China

Huang

Chen

2022

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Existing studies have attempted to explain the transformation of rural China from a single productive or post-productive perspective. However, regarding the two development paradigms as binary opposites brings contradictions: Is China’s countryside evolving towards productivism or post-productivism? To answer this question, we transcend the binary opposition and instead propose an analytical framework based on rural value, driving actors, and rural land-use functions. Based on the location quotient analysis method, we measure the functional hybridity of rural areas using 7345 POIs (points of interest)representing the land-use types of productive and post-productive activities. We discuss the formation mechanism of functional hybridity considering two typical spaces: modern agriculture demonstration districts and “Tesecun.” We find that the government, the market, and villagers collectively promote the formation of functional hybridity in rural China. The government prefers to strengthen productivity in order to ensure state food security, while villagers prefer to make their villages more multi-functional in order to attract citizens. This study can be seen as a contribution supplementing research issues associated with rural China from the novel dualistic perspective of productivism and post-productivism.

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“…Some scholars have discussed the concepts and characteristics of agricultural transformation, proposing that this is best represented in changes of land use, planting structure and agricultural practices [20,21]. The driving forces of change mainly reflect urban market demand for agricultural products [22,23], socioeconomic factors, policy-related factors, location-based factors [24] and farmers' behaviour [25]. In many countries, peri-urban agriculture has shifted from monoculture to more integrated farming systems, with moves towards diversified cropping to support livelihoods [26] that are not only economically appealing but also socially inclusive and environmentally friendly [27].…”

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“…The majority of global urban agglomerations, especially in developing countries, are densely populated and highly economically clustered, with declining amounts and quality of natural landscape, ecological status and agricultural land [10,25]. The types and structure of agricultural landscape, which play a key role in providing and maintaining ES, have changed greatly with rapid urbanization, representing the transformation of agricultural planting structure, agricultural production and farming mode, farming technology [59][60][61] and farmers' livelihoods [36].…”

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Agricultural Transformation and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being in Peri-Urban Areas: The Case of Xi’an, China

Zhong-xue

Liu

Zheng

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There is a gap in understanding the relationships between the transformation of agricultural landscapes, ecosystem services and human well-being in the peri-urban fringe of major cities worldwide. In this paper, we use semi-structured interviews, perception surveys, social surveys and field mapping to examine linkages between agricultural and landscape transition, ecosystem services and human well-being in five sample villages in Xi’an metropolitan zone, China. The results indicate that: (1) Agricultural change has increased landscape fragmentation, with a shift from grain to more profitable horticulture and nursery production. The farming system is more diversified and exhibits a multifunctional character. (2) This transformation has had a significant impact on the character of the agroecosystem. (3) The agricultural transformation towards greater multifunctionality has increased the supply of ecosystem services, including tourism-related activities, potentially improving human well-being. (4) Different combinations of activities in the sample villages were evaluated with respect to a well-being index, indicating the importance of combining horticulture and tourism. (5) Linkages identified between agricultural transformation, ecosystem services and human well-being may have significant implications for potential approaches within future studies.

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Drivers of peri-urban farmers’ land-use decisions: an analysis of factors and characteristics

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

Unraveling the Causal Mechanisms for Non-Grain Production of Cultivated Land: An Analysis Framework Applied in Liyang, China

Unraveling the Causal Mechanisms for Non-Grain Production of Cultivated Land: An Analysis Framework Applied in Liyang, China

Productivism and Post-Productivism: An Analysis of Functional Mixtures in Rural China

Agricultural Transformation and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being in Peri-Urban Areas: The Case of Xi’an, China

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