Changes in and prospects for cultivated land use since the reform and opening up in China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Research Center on Rural Land Resources Use and Protection, Jiangxi Agricultural University, 1101 Zhiming Road, Nanchang 330045, Jiangxi, China;2. The Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Basin Agricultural Resources and Ecology, 1101 Zhiming Road, Nanchang 330045, Jiangxi, China;1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, People''s Republic of China;2. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA;1. Institute of Ecological Civilization, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013, China;2. School of Tourism and Urban Management, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330032, China;1. College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China;2. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Xi''an 710127, China;3. Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS, Changchun 130102, China;1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;2. Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China;3. Department of Economics, The University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand;4. School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China;1. Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;2. Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CT, USA;3. Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 611074 Chengdu, China;4. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China |
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| Abstract: | Cultivated land provides the basic guarantee for food production and security, and changes in its utilization have been a focus of attention in China. Since China’s “reform and opening up,” major changes have taken place in the country’s social economy and cultivated land use. Based on statistical data analysis and literature review, this study systematically reviewed long-term changes in cultivated land use in China. On that basis, future trends are identified, which can provide new insights for future research on cultivated land use and protection management. The findings indicate that while cultivated land use is diversified, smallholder farmers still account for the main part. Further, the scale of cultivation is expanding but still fragmented, profits derived from land cultivation are slowly growing, and the proportion of those profits in total household income has dramatically declined. It was also found that the social security function of cultivated land has been weakened, cultivated land management has become more diversified, and grain output has risen steadily. To meet the needs of social and economic development, the government should promote the transfer of the “household” as a unit instead of “labor.” Moreover, innovation in the land use system should be stimulated based on industrial convergence, and policy incentives for ecological farming should be increased. |
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| Keywords: | Cultivated land Change Main body Management pattern Social function China |
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