Impacts of a New Round of Returning Farmland to Forests and Grasslands Project on Land Use Efficiency

• Published in: Shuitu baochi tongbao Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 155 - 164
• Main Author: Xue Jianchun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Science Press 01.12.2023
• Subjects: double difference model; land use efficiency; returning farmland to forests and grasslands project; yellow river basin
• ISSN: 1000-288X
• DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2023.06.020

[Objective] The impacts mechanism and policy effectiveness of the implementation of a new round of the returning farmland to forests and grasslands project on land use efficiency in the Yellow River basin were analyzed in order to provide a theoretical reference for understanding land use efficiency and promoting a new round of the returning farmland to forests and grasslands project. [Methods] The implementation of a new round of the returning farmland to forests and grasslands project in the Yellow River basin was used as a natural experiment. Land use efficiency was measured by the Super-Window-DEA model including unexpected output indicators. The double difference model and the mediation effect model were used to analyze the policy effectiveness and transmission pathways. [Results] ① Land use efficiency of 69 cities in the Yellow River basin slightly decreased from 2009 to 2020. Land use efficiencies for the upstream (0.546 5) and downstream (0.419 9) regions were higher than for the midstream region (0.2