Study On The Impact Of Livelihood Capital On The Choice And Transformation Of Livelihood Strategies

With the continuous development of economy and society,the gap of economic development level between regions is widening.Compared with other regions,the economy of mountainous areas is relatively backward.As the weakest point of regional economic development,it is necessary to speed up the economic development of mountainous areas for the coordinated development of regional economy.As the smallest livelihood unit and the main body of forestry management decision-making,the livelihood goal of mountain farmers is to maximize forestry income.The combination of farmers’ livelihood capital will affect their livelihood strategy choice.Based on this,this paper takes the mountain farmers in Zhejiang Province as an example,based on the field survey,constructs the evaluation index system to comprehensively evaluate the livelihood capital,and uses binary logistic regression model and disordered multi classification logistic regression model to empirically study the impact of livelihood capital on Livelihood Strategy.The main conclusions are as follows: firstly,the livelihood capital of non forestry farmers is significantly higher than that of forestry based and part-time forestry;secondly,financial capital and human capital have a significant positive impact on Farmers’ choice of forestry based livelihood strategy,while physical capital has a certain negative impact;natural capital has a positive impact on Farmers’ choice of part-time forestry based livelihood strategy Financial capital,human capital and natural capital have a significant negative impact on Farmers’ choice of non forestry livelihood strategy,while physical capital has a certain positive impact on their choice.Finally,in the analysis of influencing factors,it is found that compared with non forestry farmers,financial capital,human capital and natural capital are beneficial for farmers to choose forestry based and part-time forestry based livelihood strategies,while physical capital is just the opposite.Social capital has no significant impact on Farmers’ livelihood choice.Based on the above research conclusions,the following countermeasures and suggestions are put forward:(1)optimize farmers’ financial capital and guide farmers’ scale operation.(2)Promote the effective use of natural capital,revitalize forest resources.(3)Carry out relevant technical training to enhance the advantages of human capital.