Research On The Use Of Cultivated Land In Yongshun County, Hunan Province From The Perspective Of Farmers' Livelihood Diversity

Land is a common topic of our country and even the world.Land and agriculture are closely related and are the carriers of human activities.Farmers,as the microbehaviors of agricultural economic activities,are the decision makers and actors of the most basic land use.The livelihood of rural households is the basic guarantee for rural households.The safety of livelihoods,as an important part of the social safety net,has an important impact on the way farmers use land.At the same time,land use patterns and efficiency also affect the livelihood outcomes of farmers.Yongshun County,Hunan Province is a poverty-stricken ethnic minority county.It is located in mountainous areas,forests,and high-humidity areas.It is distributed in remote mountainous areas and highcold mountainous regions.Natural capital is endemic and poor,and farmers ' livelihoods show different strategies.For the farmers in this area,combing the relationship between the livelihood diversity of farmers and the use of cultivated land is of great significance for improving the use of cultivated land and improving the efficiency of the use of cultivated land.At the same time,it is also conducive to raising the livelihood capacity of rural households in poverty-stricken areas.Through field research in Yongshun County,Hunan Province,this paper analyzes the livelihood of the farmers in the study area and the ways of using the cultivated land.First,according to the different proportions of labor time and family income,farmers are divided into four types of farmer households: pure agricultural,concurrent I,concurrent II,and non-agricultural.Then,understanding the livelihood capital of different types of rural households,finding out the way of livelihood diversity through different livelihood strategy combinations,and finding that the livelihood diversity index is: concurrent type II > concurrent type I > non-agricultural type > Pure agricultural type.Third,understand the farmer's arable land in the survey area and find out the current situation of farmland area,land fragmentation,and land transfer of different types of farmer households.Find out from the input and output of cultivated land: The larger the index of agricultural livelihood,the greater the farmer's land use intensive.The higher the degree.Finally,through the improvement of the livelihoods of rural households and the improvement of the land use methods and benefits of farmers,the ability to increase the livelihood security of rural households will help solve the poverty problem in ethnic areas.