| Rural homestead land use is one of the important factors affecting rural socioeconomic development.With the acceleration of urbanization in China,rural homestead land use has undergone profound changes,and its impact on rural socioeconomy and environment has become increasingly prominent.However,the status of rural households’ sustainable livelihood capital in homestead land use is often neglected,leading to imbalances in rural socio-economic development and a decline in environmental quality.Since the "Opinions on Improving the Separation of Rural Land Ownership,Contractual Rights and Management Rights" was proposed on October 30,2016,the policy of separating the ownership,contract and management rights of rural land has been gradually implemented in various regions of China,achieving remarkable results in some areas.Lu’shi County,where this study was conducted,is a pilot area for the "Three Reforms" and "Separation of Three Rights and Empowerment" in the county economy of Henan Province.Since the pilot was launched,the direction of homestead land use in each village has been preliminarily determined.However,due to differences in resource conditions,supply-demand contradictions and homestead land situations in different villages,the current direction of homestead land use is mostly determined by discussions and decisions made by the township and county agricultural bureau leadership,without a scientific and reasonable evaluation method for the actual needs and prospects of each village’s utilization.Based on this background,this study fully considers the perspective of sustainable livelihood capital,and based on literature research and field investigation,uses the questionnaire survey data of 201 rural households in Lu’shi County as an example to construct an indicator evaluation system for measuring household livelihood capital,and analyzes the differences in the level,type and structure of household livelihood capital.Through the construction of a multi-classification Logistic model and HMR model,the study analyzes the impact of household livelihood capital level and characteristics on the choice of homestead land use and the final income of households under different homestead land use modes.The results show that under the premise of homestead land entering into village collective economic development and homestead land being cooperated into rural characteristic projects,human capital and social capital have a significant positive impact on homestead land use.This indicates that improving the level of household sustainable livelihood capital,especially human and social capital,can promote the rational use of homestead land in rural areas.At the same time,household livelihood capital has a significant positive impact on homestead land use income under the four homestead land use modes adopted in Lu’shi County.After introducing household livelihood capital,the results show that material capital and social capital have a significant positive impact on homestead land use income.Therefore,strengthening the development of sustainable livelihood capital will help to promote the sustainable use of homestead land in rural areas,and promote rural economic development and social progress.Based on the research conclusions,relevant policy optimization recommendations are proposed,including strengthening communication between the local government and farmers,establishing policy and skill training mechanisms,and improving the resource and equity allocation system of homestead land use.The aim is to provide a reference for the formulation of follow-up policies on the separation of the three rights and the direction of village collective homestead land use,and promote sustainable rural development. |
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