Analysis On Farmer's Technical Demand For Forestry Managment And Determinants In Collective Forest Area

The collective forest area is blessed with abundant forest resources,which is an important part of forestry production in China.However,the economic and social development in collective forest area is relatively backward,which is the focus and difficulty to achieve the goal of a well-off society.China's collective forest reform has been kicked off in Fujian since 2003.It is worth thinking about the change of income level and structure,the enthusiasm of forestry production and management,the technical requirement of farmers in forest region and so on.In this paper,we take the collective forest farmers as the object in Zhejiang Province,which is the first batch to carry out the reform.This research analyse the priority of farmers based on a brief description of forestry production and technical demand in collective forest area.The data is on the basis of investigation from 192 households of 16 villages belonging to 4 counties(cities)in Zhejiang Collective Forest Area.Finally,the quantitative method is used to analyze the demand and the difference of the farmers' technology in forestry production.Results show that:(1)The forest land resource is abundant in collective forest area,and farmers have certain enthusiasms for forestry production.For the forest coverage rate index,the forest coverage rate were higher than 77% in Lin'an,Kaihua,Longquan.Yongkang is relatively low,but it is also more than 50%.The average forestland of farmers is 1.42 hm2 in collective forest area.40% of the sample farmers have been involved in afforestation in the past 5 years,mainly for timber and economic forest.(2)The proportion of forestry income in family income is not high,and the sources of forestry production technology are accumulated mainly by their own experiences.Non-agricultural income is the main source of peasant household income,per capita forestry income accounted for less than 7%,farmers' direct dependence on forestry production is weak.The forestry production technology source of farmers is relatively single.55.56% of the farmers said that the source of their forestry production technology mainly rely on their own experience accumulation.(3)The rate is very low by participating in technologies trainings,and farmers have high demand to new species and diseases & insects control technologies.The proportion of farmers who participated in the training of forestry technology was only 9.94% in the past 5 years.More than 30% of farmers expressed the need for new species and pest control technologies,reflecting the needs of farmers to change.(4)Forest type structures,educational attainments are the main factors which have significantly positive effect on the farmer's technical demand for forestry production.The greater the area of economic forest,the higher the education level of the householders,the stronger the technical demand of farmers.In addition,the existing technical training experience is conducive to improving the understanding of forestry production technology,stimulating farmers' desire to adopt new technology.(5)Annual per capita net income,the education level of the householder,the health condition of the householders,regional difference factors are the main factors which influence the farmer's technical demand for forestry production.Based on the above conclusions,suggestions are as follows:(1)Innovate forestry management system,achieve the appropriate scale of forest management,improve the efficiency of forest output.At present,the market development of forest land circulation is not high,the forestland management is still small scale,and the output efficiency is relatively low in collective forest.In view of this,we should innovate the forest management system,actively develop the forest stock cooperative economic organization and other forms,realize the appropriate scale management of forest land,improve the productivity of forest resources,and increase the income of forest land per unit area.(2)Improve the forestry support policies further,increase the scale of afforestation,realize the coordinated development of region economy and environment.The government should improve the forestry support policies to guide and improve the scale of forestland,based on the completion of the main reform of forest right system.(3)Promote the reform of forestry technology extension system,establish a new system of forestry technology extension,and improve the pertinence of technology supply.At present,the technology extension system is mainly led by the government,which is relatively simple in the form and content and is difficult to meet the diversified needs of farmers.Therefore,we should accelerate the existing forestry technology extension system reform,encourage institutions of higher learning and scientific research institutions and other entities to participate in forestry technical services actively,strengthen the forestry technical services and improve the effectiveness of forestry technology supply.