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Farmers' perceptions of agricultural land use changes in Nepal and their major drivers

文献类型：期刊论文

作者Paudel, Basanta3,4,5; Zhang, Yili1,3,4,5; Yan, Jianzhong2; Rai, Raju1,3; Li, Lanhui1,3
刊名JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
出版日期2019-04-01
卷号235页码:432-441
关键词Agricultural land use changes Farmers' perceptions Human activities Driving factors Nepal
ISSN号0301-4797
DOI10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.091
通讯作者Zhang, Yili(zhangyl@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要Historical trends show that the total area of agricultural land in Nepal has changed markedly over time, but few studies have addressed the causative drivers underlying this change. Evaluating the perceptions of farmers is an effective tool for addressing this issue because it reflects the full range of drivers associated with changes in land use. This study utilizes historical agricultural area, population, and climate data for 1910-2010, combined with a series of applied household surveys and focus group discussions to assess farmers' perceptions of these changes and identify the major drivers. The paired t-test was employed to measure differences between various groups of drivers. The total area of agricultural land in Nepal has expanded rapidly since 1910, more intensively in the southern (Tarai) and central (Hill) ecological regions of the country, and has decreased slightly near large cities in recent decades. Farmers' perceptions show that socioeconomic variables were considered to be the crucial drivers of changes in agricultural land use. The three other major drivers were grouped as: neighborhood, climate-topography, and policy drivers. In particular, farmers pointed to the high level of population growth (93.96%) as the main factor underlying the changes, and the majority of drivers are associated with this variable. Access to roads (77.36%), urbanization (33.77%), government policies (23.58%), and remittance impact (16.79%) are other notable triggering variables. The paired t-test results equating variables from different groups of drivers and ecological regions indicate varied significance (p-values range from 0.004 to 0.983). Our analysis confirms that the synergy between social and natural observations can be integrated to obtain research findings that identify scientific and social issues. The interplay between the drivers should be emphasized in developing plans for sustainable agricultural land use management.
WOS关键词ESTIMATING HISTORICAL CHANGES ; DRIVING FORCES ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; KATHMANDU VALLEY ; OUT-MIGRATION ; COVER CHANGE ; ADAPTATION ; SCALE ; VULNERABILITY ; TECHNOLOGY
资助项目Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA20000000] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41761144081] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidents International Fellowship Initiative[2018PC0030]
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000459527800048
出版者ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
资助机构Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidents International Fellowship Initiative
源URL[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/49497]  
专题中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者Zhang, Yili
作者单位1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
2.Southwest Univ, Coll Resources & Environm, Chongqing 400716, Peoples R China
3.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Land Surface Pattern & Simulat, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
4.CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
5.Tribhuvan Univ, Kathmandu Ctr Res & Educ, Chinese Acad Sci, Kathmandu, Nepal
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GB/T 7714		 Paudel, Basanta,Zhang, Yili,Yan, Jianzhong,et al. Farmers' perceptions of agricultural land use changes in Nepal and their major drivers[J]. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,2019,235:432-441.
APA Paudel, Basanta,Zhang, Yili,Yan, Jianzhong,Rai, Raju,&Li, Lanhui.(2019).Farmers' perceptions of agricultural land use changes in Nepal and their major drivers.JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,235,432-441.
MLA Paudel, Basanta,et al."Farmers' perceptions of agricultural land use changes in Nepal and their major drivers".JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 235(2019):432-441.

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