Arid Zone Research ›› 2023, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (7): 1194-1202.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2023.07.16

• Ecology and Environment • Previous Articles    

The impact of farmers’ livelihood capital on the sensitivity of livelihood strategy choice in the Shafeng District: Taking Linze County as an example

LE Fangjun1(),LUO Yongzhong1(),GUO Yanjun2,LUO Xin1,GUI Jie1   

  1. 1. College of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
    2. College of Finance, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
  • Received:2023-01-15 Revised:2023-04-10 Online:2023-07-15 Published:2023-08-01

Abstract:

Sand bound land protection area (sand bound area) is an important means to prevent desertification, restore vegetation, maintain ecological security, and promote sustainable economic and social development of contiguous sand bound land that does not have control and development. As primary body of the operations in sand bound area, farmers’ construction has an impact on their livelihood. To explore the impact of livelihood capital on livelihood strategy selection in this region. This paper adopts the participatory rural assessment method (PRA) and takes Linze County of Zhangye City as an example. Based the sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA) sustainable analysis framework paired with binary logistic regression model. The results show that (1) Natural and human capital significantly affect the choice of pure agricultural livelihood strategy. Material and social capital have significant influence on the choice and agriculture livelihood strategy. Financial capital is the main factor of non-agricultural livelihood strategy selection (2) The reserves livelihood capital affect farmers’ choice of different types of livelihood strategies, and the more reserves, the stronger the sensitivity of choice. (3) The willingness of different types of farmers to adjust the existing livelihood strategy is very different, 68% of pure farmers and 56% of part-time farmers hope to adjust the existing livelihood strategy; 63% of non-farmers are unwilling to adjust their existing livelihood strategies. The conclusion provides a theoretical basis for improving the livelihood and ecological security of local farmers and promoting the sustainable development of social economy.

Key words: desertification protection area, livelihood capital, livelihood strategy, sensitivity, Logistic model