Analysis Of Farmers’ Livelihood Capital And Its Influence On Their Livelihood Strategy Selection

Industrial prosperity is the core and basis of implementing the strategy of rural revitalization.As an important participant and practitioner in the development of rural agricultural industry,farmers’livelihood capital stock,structure and sustainability directly affect the layout and development of rural agricultural industry.Therefore,it is of great significance to improve the livelihood level of farmers in different rural agricultural industries,promote livelihood transformation and development,and help rural revitalization in the new era.Based on the review of relevant research progress at home and abroad,based on the theoretical basis of sustainable livelihood and resource allocation,and combined with the questionnaire survey data,this paper constructs the livelihood capital evaluation index system of agricultural planting farmers with different characteristics in Hongsibu District,and makes a comparative analysis of the livelihood capital of agricultural farmers in different towns and with different characteristics in Hongsibu District by using the entropy weight method and the comprehensive index method.The differences were revealed,and the influencing factors of livelihood strategies of farmers with different agricultural characteristics were analyzed by constructing Logistic regression model,and differentiated regulation countermeasures and suggestions were put forward according to the key constraints.The main conclusions are as follows:(1)As reflected by the weight value of livelihood capital,household population and farmers’mastery of agricultural technology with planting characteristics have a significant impact on farmers’livelihood;The weight of the number of livestock in the material capital is large,indicating that local farmers rely on breeding to a high degree,and raising livestock is an important way for farmers to maintain their livelihood and increase their income.Among social capital,participation in village committee decision-making and convenient transportation have greater weight,while participation in organization has the lowest weight.The financial capital has the largest annual net income weight,which is 0.0544.On the whole,the number of labor force,total family population,quality of cultivated land,annual net income of family,participation in village committee decision-making,frequency of agricultural technology training,total cultivated land and number of livestock had a great impact on the livelihood capital of farmers in the study area.(2)According to the assessed value of subsistence capital of farmers planting characteristic agriculture,the value of human capital is the highest(0.0867),which indicates that the development of characteristic agriculture is highly dependent on the number of farmers’ family labor and personal ability,which reflects the low level of mechanization of characteristic agriculture at present.The second is social and natural capital,0.0549 and 0.0356 respectively.The main reason for the low physical capital value is that local farmers,as ecological migrants,enjoy similar infrastructure and supporting facilities,so there is little difference in living standards.From the perspective of each township,Hongsibu Town has certain advantages in geographical location,development time of characteristic agriculture and policy assistance,so the total value of its farmers’ livelihood capital is much higher than that of other townships.The total value of subsistence capital of farmers in Taiyangshan town is the lowest,which is 0.2467,which is related to its geographical location and industrial development orientation.(3)From the perspective of developing livelihood capital of farmers with different characteristics of agriculture,factors such as stable market price,good industrial benefits and low difficulty of planting management in the yellow flower industry are obviously reflected in improving farmers’ livelihood to increase farmers’ income.Therefore,the total value of livelihood capital of yellow flower planting farmers is the highest,which is 0.5507.Through a series of measures such as introducing new forage varieties and opening up sales channels,the grass storage industry has played a significant role in optimizing farmers’ livelihoods with a good development momentum.Therefore,the total value of farmers’ livelihood capital is second only to that of yellow flower growers and exceeds that of wolfberry growers.The total subsistence capital of grape growers ranked last,which was only 0.2779,mainly hindered by fluctuations in grape market prices and narrow sales.From the perspective of the livelihood value of farmers with different agricultural characteristics in each township,each township has outstanding characteristics of agriculture.For example,the total value of livelihood capital of wolfberry growers in Hongsibu Town is higher,that of yellow flower growers in Xinzhuangji Township is higher,and that of farmers with grass storage industry in Liuquan Township is higher.It can be seen that each town is trying to explore the development of suitable local characteristics of agriculture,and strive to achieve "one village,one product" according to local conditions to maximize the utilization of resources.(4)There are significant differences in the impact of characteristic agriculture on the livelihoods of farmers in different regions and different livelihood types.In wolfberry industry,human capital has obvious negative influence on farmers with pure agricultural livelihood strategy.This indicates that the efficiency of the wolfberry industry is declining,and the income from planting wolfberry is difficult to meet the daily livelihood of farmers in the face of population growth.Therefore,in the large population of families,farmers will no longer take the simple development of wolfberry planting into the first consideration,but are more inclined to agriculture-led or non-agricultural development.Grape industry and wolfberry industry face similar problems,unstable market prices and narrow sales channels hinder the enthusiasm of farmers to develop grape industry.Therefore,human capital still has a significant negative effect on grape growers’ choice of pure agricultural livelihood strategy.In the yellow flower industry,natural capital has a significant positive impact on farmers’ choice of pure agricultural livelihood strategy,which indicates that the good planting benefits of yellow flower make farmers generally have a high enthusiasm to participate in planting,and farmers are very willing to participate in planting when the amount of arable land is sufficient.Human capital in the grass storage industry has a significant negative effect on the non-agricultural strategy,indicating that although the development momentum is good in recent years,farmers are still more inclined to go out for work under the condition of high human capital stock.Despite people’s yearning for urban life and traditional prejudice against agriculture,the main reason is that the benefits of the grass storage industry have not been maximized.