Farmers’ and Herdsmen’ Sustainable Livelihood Capital and Livelihood Strategy in Enclosed Reserves of Desertified Land

• Published in: Shuitu baochi tongbao Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 165 - 173
• Main Authors: Zhang Yishan, Luo Yongzhong, Gui Jie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Science Press 01.12.2023
• Subjects: enclosed reserves of desertified land; farmers and herdsmen; livelihood capital; livelihood strategies; logistic model
• ISSN: 1000-288X
• DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2023.06.021

[Objective] The relationship between farming and herding households’ livelihood capital and livelihood strategies was studied, and the spatial differences of farming and herding households’ livelihood capital and the transformation between livelihood strategies were analyzed in order to provide a theoretical basis for reducing farming and herding households’ livelihood vulnerability and ultimately achieving sustainable development. [Methods] Starting from the theoretical framework of sustainable livelihood analysis, a household questionnaire survey was used to analyze the key factors of livelihood capital and livelihood strategy transformation for farming and herding households in the national sandy land enclosed reserves in Maqu, Minqin, Shandan County, and Liangzhou District in Gansu Province, which were approved to be established in 2017, by combining a Logistic regression model and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). [Results] Financial capital was the most abundant form of livelihood capital, while nat