Factors Affecting Herdsmen’s Grassland Transfer in Inner Mongolia, China

Fu-lin, DU; Liu, Zhijuan; Oniki, Shunji

doi:10.6090/jarq.51.259

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“…The former refers to short periodic deferments (usually a month) from grazing, which allows grassland to gain vegetation. The latter refers to dividing grassland into specified parcels for each season according to water availability, grass quality and climate (Du et al, 2017). These grazing modes are beneficial to the restoration of grassland, which increases the livestock carrying capacity and livestock numbers.…”

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“…Achieving grassland transfer via rental markets serves as a tool to reduce grassland fragmentation (Tan et al, 2017) and to promote efficient production (Du et al, 2017;Lai and Li, 2012;Liu et al, 2019). As economic development and urbanization in China progresses, an increasing share of the labour force from pastoral areas is transitioning to employment in non-agricultural sectors.…”

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“…Those who are engaged in off-farm employment tend to rent out their grasslands to other herders (Lai and Li, 2012). Accordingly, studies have analysed the factors influencing herders' decision to transfer grassland (Du et al, 2017;Tan et al, 2017). In addition, some studies have analysed the effects of grassland transfer on herders' livestock production efficiency (Du et al, 2017;Lai and Li, 2012;Tan et al, 2017).…”

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“…Accordingly, studies have analysed the factors influencing herders' decision to transfer grassland (Du et al, 2017;Tan et al, 2017). In addition, some studies have analysed the effects of grassland transfer on herders' livestock production efficiency (Du et al, 2017;Lai and Li, 2012;Tan et al, 2017). Huang et al (2017) found that the overall average technical efficiency of herder households with rented grassland was significantly higher than that of herders without it, based on survey data from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.…”

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The effect of grassland transfer on herders' livestock production and grazing intensity in Inner Mongolia and Gansu, China

Feng

Tang

Qiu

2021

CAER

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the impact mechanism of grassland transfer on herders' production behaviour in pastoral areas. The impact of grassland transfer on herders' livestock production and grazing intensity is quantified.Design/methodology/approach Using the survey data collected for 356 herder households from Inner Mongolia and Gansu, China, quantile regression is employed to assess the heterogeneous effects of grassland transfer on livestock production and grazing intensity. To correct the potential self-selection bias of grassland transfer, the propensity score matching technique is used.Findings Results show that labour, percentage of livestock income and livestock stock are the main factors affecting herders' choice to transfer grassland. The positive effect of grassland transfer on livestock numbers on behalf of those who rented additional grassland is statistically significant but declines with livestock numbers. The sustainability-enhancing effect of grassland transfer on grazing intensity is significant, and the effect becomes larger amongst herder households with higher grazing intensity. The analysis on the impact mechanism shows that grassland transfer significantly promotes the adoption of sustainable grazing modes, such as rotational and seasonal rest grazing, which in turn increases herders' livestock numbers and decreases grazing intensity.Originality/value Few studies have empirically analysed the influence of grassland transfer on livestock numbers and grazing intensity. This study fills this gap by employing a quantile regression to assess the heterogeneous effects of grassland transfer on livestock numbers and grazing intensity, while accounting for self-selection bias. In addition, the authors have examined the influencing mechanisms under which grassland transfer impacts on livestock numbers and grazing intensity.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The effect of grassland transfer on herders' livestock production and grazing intensity in Inner Mongolia and Gansu, China

Feng

Tang

Qiu

2021

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“…Thus, we specifically selected grassland area (x 1 ), labor (x 2 ), capital (x 3 ), and NPP (x 4 ) as input indicators and the output of total meat (Y) as output indicator. As for the key influencing factors of technical efficiency, the existing research mainly includes the aspects of herdsmen's age, household size, education level, income, and grazing capacity [49][50][51]. Additionally, related research has pointed out that climate factors (like temperature and precipitation) can also have a significant impact on technological efficiency.…”

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Changes in Livestock Grazing Efficiency Incorporating Grassland Productivity: The Case of Hulun Buir, China

Zhao

Bai

Deng

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Recently, improving technical efficiency is an effective way to enhance the quality of grass-based livestock husbandry production and promote an increase in the income of herdsmen, especially in the background of a continuing intensification of climate change processes. This paper, based on the survey data, constructs a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) model, incorporates net primary productivity (NPP) into the production function as an ecological variable, refines it to the herdsman scale to investigate grassland quality and production capacity, and quantitatively evaluates the technical efficiency of grass-based livestock husbandry and identifies the key influencing factors. The results show that the maximum value of technical efficiency was up to 0.90, and the average value was around 0.53; the herdsmen’s production gap was large and the overall level was relatively low. Additionally, the lack of forage caused by drought was the key factor restricting the current grass-based livestock husbandry production level, and the herdsmen’s adaptive measures, mainly represented as “purchasing forage” and “selling livestock”, had a positive significance for improving technical efficiency. Based on this, expanding the planting area of artificial grassland, improving the efficiency of resource utilization, and enhancing the supply capacity of livestock products while ensuring the ecological security of grassland are effective ways to increase the production level of grass-based livestock husbandry in Hulun Buir.

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Understanding herdsmen's rangeland rent-in behaviour under current rural land tenure system of China

Qian

Shao

Chen

2022

Ecological Economics

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Factors Affecting Herdsmen’s Grassland Transfer in Inner Mongolia, China

Cited by 9 publications

References 2 publications

The effect of grassland transfer on herders' livestock production and grazing intensity in Inner Mongolia and Gansu, China

The effect of grassland transfer on herders' livestock production and grazing intensity in Inner Mongolia and Gansu, China

Changes in Livestock Grazing Efficiency Incorporating Grassland Productivity: The Case of Hulun Buir, China

Understanding herdsmen's rangeland rent-in behaviour under current rural land tenure system of China

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