After operating for four years,the fallow project in the groundwater funnel area of the North China Plain has produced an initial water-saving effect.However,groundwater funnel remediation is a long-term process,and g...After operating for four years,the fallow project in the groundwater funnel area of the North China Plain has produced an initial water-saving effect.However,groundwater funnel remediation is a long-term process,and grain price changes over time may affect farmers’willingness to participate in fallow.Based on the estimation by the Cobb-Douglas production function,the relationship between farmers’satisfaction with fallow compensation and planting income is analyzed based on survey data collected from farming households in Hebei,a typical province located in the groundwater funnel area.Using this data,the impact of wheat price changes on farmers’willingness to participate in fallow is simulated.The results indicate wheat price changes affect farmers’expected planting income and consequently their willingness to fallow;88%of farmers would be unwilling to participate in fallow with a 0.1 yuan per 500 g increase in the wheat price,whereas 71.4%of farmers would be willing to participate in fallow with a 0.2 yuan per 500 g decrease in the price.Finally,some policy implications are proposed,such as the recommendation that the fallow compensation should be adjusted according to the wheat price multiplied by the average wheat yield of the three years before fallow in the North China Plain.展开更多
Land fallow is of great significance for undertaking land reclamation, safeguarding national food security, promoting environmental improvements and ensuring the sustainable use of land resources. This paper reviews t...Land fallow is of great significance for undertaking land reclamation, safeguarding national food security, promoting environmental improvements and ensuring the sustainable use of land resources. This paper reviews the important achievements in three areas of research on the land fallow system. It reviews and compares the land fallow system in different countries and regions of the world; it examines the response of farmers to the land fallow system and ecological environment; and it looks at the economic effects of the land fallow system. Based on Chi- na＇s rotation system for cultivated land, some relevant policy implications are put forward. Based on the different degrees of land damage, the evaluation system and the subsidy accounting standard for fallow land are formulated, and the compulsory fallow and voluntary participation of the niche fallow are targeting. The land fallow system should improve both the regulatory and the restraint mechanisms, improve the environmental awareness and en- vironmental protection skills of farmers, change the production behaviors of farmers, and encourage farmers to change to high coverage crops to protect the land. In view of the negative effects produced by implementation of the fallow system should take corresponding management and compensation measures.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(41961035,41971243)The Academic and Technical Leaders Funding Program for Major Disciplines in Jiangxi Province(20172BCB22011)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation in Jiangxi Province(20202BAB213014)The Technology Foundation of Jiangxi Education Department of China(GJJ180285)。
文摘After operating for four years,the fallow project in the groundwater funnel area of the North China Plain has produced an initial water-saving effect.However,groundwater funnel remediation is a long-term process,and grain price changes over time may affect farmers’willingness to participate in fallow.Based on the estimation by the Cobb-Douglas production function,the relationship between farmers’satisfaction with fallow compensation and planting income is analyzed based on survey data collected from farming households in Hebei,a typical province located in the groundwater funnel area.Using this data,the impact of wheat price changes on farmers’willingness to participate in fallow is simulated.The results indicate wheat price changes affect farmers’expected planting income and consequently their willingness to fallow;88%of farmers would be unwilling to participate in fallow with a 0.1 yuan per 500 g increase in the wheat price,whereas 71.4%of farmers would be willing to participate in fallow with a 0.2 yuan per 500 g decrease in the price.Finally,some policy implications are proposed,such as the recommendation that the fallow compensation should be adjusted according to the wheat price multiplied by the average wheat yield of the three years before fallow in the North China Plain.
基金Key projects of the National Social Science Fund of China(No.15AZD075)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41561040)+2 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(No.20143ACB21023)Technology Foundation of Jiangxi Education Department of China(No.KJLD14033&GJJ160431)Fok Ying-Tung Fund(No.141084)
文摘Land fallow is of great significance for undertaking land reclamation, safeguarding national food security, promoting environmental improvements and ensuring the sustainable use of land resources. This paper reviews the important achievements in three areas of research on the land fallow system. It reviews and compares the land fallow system in different countries and regions of the world; it examines the response of farmers to the land fallow system and ecological environment; and it looks at the economic effects of the land fallow system. Based on Chi- na＇s rotation system for cultivated land, some relevant policy implications are put forward. Based on the different degrees of land damage, the evaluation system and the subsidy accounting standard for fallow land are formulated, and the compulsory fallow and voluntary participation of the niche fallow are targeting. The land fallow system should improve both the regulatory and the restraint mechanisms, improve the environmental awareness and en- vironmental protection skills of farmers, change the production behaviors of farmers, and encourage farmers to change to high coverage crops to protect the land. In view of the negative effects produced by implementation of the fallow system should take corresponding management and compensation measures.
