HONG Lan, WEI Jie, LI Jinlin. Farmers' Behaviors Toward Soil Conservation in Three Gorges Reservoir Area:Category and Mechanism[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2017, 37(5): 163-168.
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HONG Lan, WEI Jie, LI Jinlin. Farmers' Behaviors Toward Soil Conservation in Three Gorges Reservoir Area:Category and Mechanism[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2017, 37(5): 163-168. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2017.05.028.
Farmers' Behaviors Toward Soil Conservation in Three Gorges Reservoir Area:Category and Mechanism
mechanism and main effects of farmers' soil conservation behaviors in the Three Gorges Reservoir area
and to provide a reference for decision-making regarding regional soil erosion control and ecological environment improvement.[Methods] We investigated 113 farmers inhabited in the region with serious soil loss in five counties of the Three Gorges Reservoir area (Chongqing section)
using questionnaires and in-depth interviews. According to the survey data
we analyzed the types and mechanism of soil conservation behavior of farmers in the reservoir area.[Results] The farmers' soil conservation behaviors in the Three Gorges Reservoir area mainly include voluntary behaviors and policy-oriented behaviors. Voluntary behaviors are that farmers creatively adapt to the environment and protect farmland
to reduce investment and increase revenue. The farmers' motivation of soil conservation is elicited by farmers' needs. Under the impact of the motivation
farmers are willing to carry out soil conservation practices
including digging side ditches
turning sediments back to farmland
slope length cutdown and downslope tillage
contour ploughing
no-tillage
upslope ploughing
intercropping
planting hedgerow and herbicides weeding. Among them
four kinds of tillage behaviors
i.e.
crop intercropping
digging side ditches
slope length cutdown and downslope tillage
and turning sediments back to farmland
are more popular in the Three Gorges reservoir area. Farmers are easily influenced by the national soil conservation policies and thus participate in soil conservation ecological environment construction. The policy-oriented behaviors are a combination of the national strategic needs and the actual needs of farmers
and it could further be categorized into three subtypes. The first one is labor fee. Famers participate in the soil conservation projects such as transforming slope into terrace and obtain remuneration. Secondly
it is economic compensation. Farmers respond to the national demand of soil conservation and take defarming actions and get some compensation. The third category is for government subsidies. Farmers build soil conservation facilities like ponds
roads
etc.
for pre or post subsidies.[Conclusion] Farmers in the Three Gorges Reservoir area have rich experience in soil conservation. Many soil conservation behaviors bring positive effects and they are worth promoting among the small watershed management and other ecological construction projects.
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