Geographic concentration and driving forces of agricultural land use in China

doi:10.1007/s11707-012-0303-5

Front Earth Sci

2012, Vol. 6

Issue (1) : 48-56 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-012-0303-5

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Geographic concentration and driving forces of agricultural land use in China

Yuluan ZHAO^1,2, Xiubin LI¹(

), Liangjie XIN¹, Haiguang HAO^1,3

1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; 2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3. Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, China

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Abstract

Since the 1990s, China has entered the middle phase of urbanization which leads to the existence of significant geographic concentration of agricultural land use. The average value of regional concentration degree of ten representative crops in China was 59.03%, showing a high degree of geographic concentration in farming. Some typical agriculture provinces in farming have arisen. The degree of geographic concentration in farming has been enhanced, with the average degree of regional concentration of ten crops increasing considerably by 3.83% in 2009 compared to that in 1990 (55.20%). The spatial growing center of farming was found to move westward and northward during 1990–2009. Meanwhile food production concentrated in the Northeast China and main producing area, and cash crops production concentrated in Northwest China. Off-farm employment of rural labor force, commercialization of agricultural product and regional comparative advantage are the main driving forces of geographic concentration of agricultural land use. Governmental policies with regional differences should be considered to promote further development of agriculture.

Keywords agricultural land use geographic concentration driving forces China

Corresponding Author(s): LI Xiubin,Email:lixb@igsnrr.ac.cn

Issue Date: 05 March 2012

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Yuluan ZHAO,Xiubin LI,Liangjie XIN, et al. Geographic concentration and driving forces of agricultural land use in China[J]. Front Earth Sci, 2012, 6(1): 48-56.

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Tab.1 Degree of regional concentration of ten representative crops in China in 2009

Tab.2 Top five provinces in production concentration degree of ten crops in China in 2009

Tab.3 Changes in regional concentration degree of ten crops in China 1990-2009

Fig.1 Proportion of planting area of ten crops in the three regions of China 1990-2009

Fig.2 Proportion of planting area of ten crops in south and north regions of China 1990-2009

Fig.3 Proportion of planting area of grain crops in south and north regions in China 1990-2009

Tab.4 Proportion of planting area of grain crops in agricultural regions in China 1990-2009

Fig.4 Proportion of planting area of grain crops in main producing area in China 1990-2009

Tab.5 Proportion of planting area of cash crops in agricultural region in China 1990-2009

Fig.5 Theoretical framework of geographic concentration in farming

Fig.6 Rate of off-farm employment of rural labor force in China (1990-2009). Data are from the 60-year statistical data of agriculture of new China ().

Fig.7 Commercialization rate of agricultural product in China (1991-2009). Data are from China Yearbook of Rural Household Survey, 2001-2010 (); data in 1992-1999 are missing

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