Evaluation of sustainable intensification of cultivated land use according to farming households’ livelihood types
The sustainable intensification of cultivated land use (SICLU) is required to coordinate the contradiction between growing food demand and resource and environmental constraints. Farming households' livelihood transition directly influences the direction of cultivated land use transformation. B...
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| description | The sustainable intensification of cultivated land use (SICLU) is required to coordinate the contradiction between growing food demand and resource and environmental constraints. Farming households' livelihood transition directly influences the direction of cultivated land use transformation. Based on a theoretical analysis, we used the data of 359 questionnaires of farming households in Qufu County, China to evaluate SICLU according to households' livelihood types, in order to provide a reference for understanding the process law of SICLU on a micro perspective. The objectives are to: (i) quantitatively evaluate the SICLU level using the emergy analysis and (ii) explore the differences in SICLU between different farming households' livelihood types. The results show that: (1) Auxiliary inputs were the main inputs in the process of cultivated land use, renewable environment inputs were mainly from rainwater chemical and earth rotation, and the non-renewable net loss of topsoil was relatively rare. (2) 14% of farming households' cultivated land use was non-sustainable intensification (SI), 52% was low-SI, 30% was medium-SI, and 4% was high-SI. (3) Among the different livelihood types identified, the SICLU level of the agricultural-professional farming households was the highest, followed by traditional agricultural farming households, agricultural mainly part-time farming households, non-agricultural mainly part-time farming households, and non-agricultural farming households. The conclusions are as follows: (1) The purpose of the SICLU is not to maximize the ecological benefit, economic benefit, and social benefit, but to pursue an optimal solution that maintains a dynamic balance in order to realize the compound benefits generated by cultivated land use. (2) The SICLU level of the sample farming households was relatively low, and the characteristics of the livelihood types varied. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c586c3ee44f49e3b058c456515b022c2022-12-22T02:09:08ZengElsevierEcological Indicators1470-160X2022-05-01138108848Evaluation of sustainable intensification of cultivated land use according to farming households’ livelihood typesXiao Lyu0Wenlong Peng1Shandong Niu2Yi Qu3Zongfei Xin4School of Humanities and Law, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China; School of Geography and Tourism, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao 276826, China; Corresponding author.School of Humanities and Law, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China; School of Geography and Tourism, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao 276826, ChinaSchool of Humanities and Law, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, ChinaSchool of Geography and Tourism, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao 276826, ChinaSchool of Geography and Tourism, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao 276826, ChinaThe sustainable intensification of cultivated land use (SICLU) is required to coordinate the contradiction between growing food demand and resource and environmental constraints. Farming households' livelihood transition directly influences the direction of cultivated land use transformation. Based on a theoretical analysis, we used the data of 359 questionnaires of farming households in Qufu County, China to evaluate SICLU according to households' livelihood types, in order to provide a reference for understanding the process law of SICLU on a micro perspective. The objectives are to: (i) quantitatively evaluate the SICLU level using the emergy analysis and (ii) explore the differences in SICLU between different farming households' livelihood types. The results show that: (1) Auxiliary inputs were the main inputs in the process of cultivated land use, renewable environment inputs were mainly from rainwater chemical and earth rotation, and the non-renewable net loss of topsoil was relatively rare. (2) 14% of farming households' cultivated land use was non-sustainable intensification (SI), 52% was low-SI, 30% was medium-SI, and 4% was high-SI. (3) Among the different livelihood types identified, the SICLU level of the agricultural-professional farming households was the highest, followed by traditional agricultural farming households, agricultural mainly part-time farming households, non-agricultural mainly part-time farming households, and non-agricultural farming households. The conclusions are as follows: (1) The purpose of the SICLU is not to maximize the ecological benefit, economic benefit, and social benefit, but to pursue an optimal solution that maintains a dynamic balance in order to realize the compound benefits generated by cultivated land use. (2) The SICLU level of the sample farming households was relatively low, and the characteristics of the livelihood types varied.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22003193Cultivated land useSustainable intensificationFarming householdLivelihood typesEmergy analysis |
| spellingShingle | Xiao Lyu Wenlong Peng Shandong Niu Yi Qu Zongfei Xin Evaluation of sustainable intensification of cultivated land use according to farming households’ livelihood types Ecological Indicators Cultivated land use Sustainable intensification Farming household Livelihood types Emergy analysis |
| title | Evaluation of sustainable intensification of cultivated land use according to farming households’ livelihood types |
| title_full | Evaluation of sustainable intensification of cultivated land use according to farming households’ livelihood types |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of sustainable intensification of cultivated land use according to farming households’ livelihood types |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of sustainable intensification of cultivated land use according to farming households’ livelihood types |
| title_short | Evaluation of sustainable intensification of cultivated land use according to farming households’ livelihood types |
| title_sort | evaluation of sustainable intensification of cultivated land use according to farming households livelihood types |
| topic | Cultivated land use Sustainable intensification Farming household Livelihood types Emergy analysis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22003193 |
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