Study On The Sustainability Of Returning Farmland To Forest Based On The Farmers' Willingness In Cha Kou Watershed

The latter half of the twentieth Century,China's economy has developed rapidly,but it also puts pressure on the natural environment,gradually beyond the carrying capacity of the ecosystem,resulting in serious environmental problems.Among them,soil erosion has become one of the most serious environmental problems.Returning farmland to forest is a long-term and complex ecosystem engineering.For the project of returning farmland to forest,how to keep sustainable development is the key problem to be solved in the future.It is of great theoretical and practical significance for the sustainable development of returning farmland to forest to mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers and to actively participate in the project.This study select Chakou small watershed in Yonghe County in Shanxi Province as the research object,based on the field investigation,analyzed the farmers,willingness to return farmland to forest by Binary Logistic regression method,To find out the main influencing factors of farmers' willingness to return farmland to forests,and then Cluster analysis of main influencing factors.According to the situation of returning farmland to forest in different villages,this paper puts forward corresponding countermeasures and suggestions for different villages,the main conclusions are as follows:(1)The research based on the actual situation of Chakou small watershed,conducted questionnaire survey on farmers of small watershed four administrative village of Ckakou、Baijiaya、Hujiazhuang and Sunjiazhuang,two natural village of county Xi and Shilou.The ratio of farmers who were willing to participate in the project of returning farmland to forest was 69.6 percent,this shows that the local farmers'willingness to return farmland to forests is higher,which is beneficial to the implementation of the project of returning farmland to forest and sustainable development.(2)The results indicated six major impacting factors including farmer's age,education level,whether to engage in forestry work,the understanding of the policy of returning farmland to forest,the expected attitude of the forest yield,the willingness to take risk factors after planting forest products.Among them:whether to engage in forestry work,the expected attitude of the forest yield and the willingness to take risk factors after planting forest products were positive correlation between returning farmland to forest,the other factors were negatively correlated with the willingness of returning farmland to forest.(3)According to the influence factors of farmers' willingness to return farmland to forests,the villages and towns in the basin are divided into three categories.Among them,the first category:Sunjiazhuang,Yulinzhi,Wangjiagou,Zhaojiagou,Luozhenbao,Fangdi,Lijiayao,Tuluo,Baijiaya,Chakou;the second category:Yongpingzhuang,Chenjiaping;the third category:Lanjiagou,Hujiazhuang,Junzhuang and village Tazi.(4)For the first category of farmers in the village,it's necessary to improve the management system and improve their satisfaction with the policy of returning farmland to forest;for the second category of farmers in the village,because of its age,the thought is more conservative,rely on the soil is serious,it is necessary to reduce the risk after returning to promote the sustainable development of the project of returning farmland to forest;for the third category of farmers in the village,because of its strong willingness to return farmland to forest,it can encourage them to develop forest industry,and it can be developed as a model village,take the lead role for the other two types of farmers.(5)There are four main problems in the current basin,such as the lack of funds for the conversion of farmland to forest;the low level of technology;the management system is not standardized;the publicity and popularization of relevant policies are not in place.These problems have hindered the sustainable development of returning farmland to forest in varying degrees.(6)Based on the different villages,six ways which could promote the sustainable development of returning farmland to forest project in the local area were suggested,which were to improve the compensation standard,provide technical training,provide employment opportunities,improve the management system,develop the forest industry,increase the farming industry.