Spatiotemporal Patterns and Determinants of Cropland Abandonment in Mountainous Regions of China: A Case Study of Sichuan Province

• Published in: Land (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 3; p. 647
• Main Authors: Hong, Buting, Wang, Jicheng, Xiao, Jiangtao, Yuan, Quanzhi, Ren, Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2025
• Subjects: Abandonment; Agricultural land; Agricultural production; Biodiversity; Carbon sequestration; Case studies; Climate change; Clustering; cropland abandonment; Crops; Digital Elevation Models; Farmers; Food production; Food security; GDP; Geospatial data; Gross Domestic Product; hierarchical linear model; Households; Hunger; influencing factors; Land area; Mountain regions; Mountainous areas; Mountains; Population; Remote sensing; Rural areas; Sichuan Province; spatiotemporal patterns; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable development; Urban areas; Urbanization; China; Sichuan China

Cropland abandonment (CA) is an increasingly severe global issue, with significant implications for achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger. In China, widespread CA is particularly evident in remote mountainous regions. However, the rugged terrain and highly fragmented cropland pos...