Status of Farmland Abandonment and Its Determinants in the Transboundary Gandaki River Basin
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| 作者 | Rai, Raju1,2,3; Zhang, Yili1,2,3,4; Paudel, Basanta1,3,4; Khanal, Narendra Raj1,3 |
| 刊名 | SUSTAINABILITY
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| 出版日期 | 2019-10-01 |
| 卷号 | 11期号:19页码:18 |
| 关键词 | farmland abandonment driving factors logistic regression Gandaki River Basin |
| DOI | 10.3390/su11195267 |
| 通讯作者 | Zhang, Yili(zhangyl@igsnrr.ac.cn) |
| 英文摘要 | Farmland abandonment is a common phenomenon worldwide, including in the Gandaki River Basin (GRB) in the central Himalayas. This study examined the status of farmland abandonment, along with its trends and determinants, based primarily on interviews with 639 households in different physiographic regions: Mountain, Hill, Tarai and Gangetic Plain (GP). Binary logistic regression was used to examine the contributions of various factors of farmland abandonment. The results indicate that nearly 48%, 15%, 4%, and 16% of total farmland (khet and bari) in the Mountain, Hill, Tarai and GP regions, respectively, has been abandoned. Such differences in the proportion of farmland abandonment among the regions are mainly due to variations in biophysical conditions, agricultural productivity, access to infrastructure facilities, off-farm employment opportunities, and the occurrence of natural hazards. The major determinants for farmland abandonment were also found to vary within the region. Distance from market centers to residence, reduction in the labor force as a result of migration, and household head age were found to be significant factors in farmland abandonment in the Mountain region. Similarly, in the Hill region, eight significant factors were identified: distance from market centers to residence, distance from residence to farmland, lack of irrigation facilities (p = 0.004), reduction in labor force (p = 0.000), household head occupation, lack of training for household head and size of bari land. Household head occupation and household head age were found to play significant roles for farmland abandonment in the Tarai region. In the GP region, distance to market centers and lack of irrigation facilities had positive relationships with farmland abandonment. It is suggested that specific policies addressing the differences in physiographic region, such as horticulture and agroforestry for the Mountain and Hill regions and crop diversification and the adaptation of drought tolerant species with improvement in irrigation systems for the GP region, need to be formulated and implemented in order to utilize the abandoned farmland and have environmental, economic, and sustainable benefits. |
| WOS关键词 | AGRICULTURAL LAND ABANDONMENT ; CROPLAND ABANDONMENT ; FARMERS PERCEPTIONS ; DROUGHT ; BIHAR ; ADAPTATION ; HOUSEHOLD ; MOUNTAINS ; DRIVERS ; CLIMATE |
| 资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41761144081] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA20040201] ; Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research[2019QZKK06000] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences - The World Academy of Sciences (CAS-TWAS) |
| WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000493525500126 |
| 出版者 | MDPI |
| 资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research ; Chinese Academy of Sciences - The World Academy of Sciences (CAS-TWAS) |
| 源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/131767]  |
| 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.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Land Surface Pattern & Simulat, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Tribhuvan Univ, Chinese Acad Sci, Kathmandu Ctr Res & Educ, Kathmandu 44613, Nepal 4.CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Rai, Raju,Zhang, Yili,Paudel, Basanta,et al. Status of Farmland Abandonment and Its Determinants in the Transboundary Gandaki River Basin[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2019,11(19):18. |
| APA | Rai, Raju,Zhang, Yili,Paudel, Basanta,&Khanal, Narendra Raj.(2019).Status of Farmland Abandonment and Its Determinants in the Transboundary Gandaki River Basin.SUSTAINABILITY,11(19),18. |
| MLA | Rai, Raju,et al."Status of Farmland Abandonment and Its Determinants in the Transboundary Gandaki River Basin".SUSTAINABILITY 11.19(2019):18. |
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