Research on the Issue of Abandoned Farmland in China

Author: Tan Shuwei
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book conducts a specialized study on the issue of abandoned farmland in China from a macro perspective. It first introduces three types of farmland abandonment—natural cause-driven, human cause-driven, and socio-economic cause-driven—nationally, with a focus on the macro background, deep-seated reasons, and direct driving factors of socio-economically cause-driven abandonment. On this basis, it constructs a set of evaluation indicators to assess the sustainability of farmland abandonment. Drawing on numerous practical measures and proposals to avoid farmland abandonment, the book proposes multiple pathways to fundamentally prevent unsustainable socio-economically driven farmland abandonment. This book can serve as reading material for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates in land resource management and agricultural economic management. It can also be used as a training resource for senior officials in land and agricultural management departments, as well as providing comprehensive foundational data for researchers in related fields.