Rural Households’ Attitude and Economic Strategies Toward the Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program (CCFG): A Case Study in Qira,China |
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Authors: | Hua Ma Yonglong Lu Ying Xing Guizhen He Yamei Sun |
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Institution: | (1) State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;(2) State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 18 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, P.O. Box 2871 Beijing, 100085, People’s Republic of China;(3) Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;(4) Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; |
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Abstract: | The Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program (CCFG), which was initiated by the Chinese government in 1999,
is a cropland retirement program with integrated objectives for ecological preservation and local development. The purpose
of this article was to study the influencing factors of attitude and economic strategies in rural households toward the CCFG.
Rural households’ knowledge, attitude and economic strategies toward the CCFG were investigated through a questionnaire survey
in Qira, China. Influencing factors of attitude and strategies of households were analyzed using a logit model technique.
The analysis indicated that household’s income level, environmental knowledge of the program, and program implementation were
significant influencing factors in a household’s attitude toward the CCFG, while major influencing factors of household strategies
were their regional background and availability of income generation sources. Meaningful association was not found between
attitude and strategy choices. Rich households had more strategy choices, while poor households were usually confined to low
input strategies with uncertain income. To sustain their livelihood, the poor need extra assistances in marketing, loan granting,
employment training, information, and technical services. |
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Keywords: | Qira Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program (CCFG) Attitude Household strategy |
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