Study On The Sustainable Livelihoods Of Zhejiang Southwestern Rural Relative Poor Family

The gradual expansion of income gap of economic development,make the relative poverty have become increasingly prominent.As developed areas,the rural relatively poverty of Zhejiang is more prominent,especially the poorer rural area in southwestern Zhejiang.Thus it will induce many social contradictions,which would cause some negative impact both on economic growth or social stability.The study of relatively poverty existing in developed regions is still relatively lacking,therefor the understanding of status of rural relatively needy households’ livelihoods to promote sustainable development of farmers’ livelihood has important theoretical and practical significance for relative poverty alleviation.Based on the theory of sustainable livelihoods framework,the study used field research data from farmers in Zhejiang Southwestern four counties to establish the evaluation model and measurements for farmers’ sustainable livelihoods to evaluate the sustainable livelihoods of farmers.Then use multiple linear regression model empirically analyze the impact on farmers’ livelihood capital.The results show that:(1)From the perspective of present situation of livelihood capital,the physical capital of farmers is up to 0.50,followed by natural capital,human capital and social capital,while the weakest financial capital is only 0.15.(2)The farmers’ human capital,material capital,social capital and financial capital have a significant positive relationship with the income of the farmers.Among the four livelihood capitathe,the contribution of human capital to the income is the largest,followed by the financial capital and material capital,the contribution rate of social capital is small.(3)From the point of view of livelihood strategies,the livelihood strategy of relatively poor farmers in Southwest Zhejiang is relatively simple,whether poor or non poor households,wage income and agricultural production income are still the main source of income of farmers in southwest of Zhejiang.(4)From the livelihood of the results of view,whether it is low income or high-income groups,the evaluation of subjective perception of living standards,financial difficulties for help and willingness to support the elderly are relatively low.Based on the conclusions above,this paper put forward suggestions on the income increase from the perspective of livelihood capital and livelihood strategies.Attaching great importance to the quality of human capital to strengthen the farmers vocational training;Improving land allocation and transfer system to promote the utilization efficiency of natural capital;To guide the construction of new community organizations and strengthen the cultivation of rural social capital system;Improving rural financial services to accelerate the accumulation of financial capital;Improving the social security system in rural areas.