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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (9): 150-158.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb18120038

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Empirical Study on the Choice of Livelihood Strategies Affected by Herdsmen’s Livelihood Capital Based on Multinomial Logit Model

Wenqiang Ding1,2,3(), Haibin Dong3, Xiangyang Hou3(), Xiliang Li3, Yanting Yin3   

  1. (1)The Party School of the CPC Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region party Committee, Yinchuan 750021
    (2)College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730020
    (3)Institute of Grassland Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hohhot 0 10010
  • Received:2018-12-11 Revised:2019-01-17 Online:2020-03-25 Published:2020-03-15

Abstract:

The study aims to explore the impact of herdsmen’s livelihood capital on livelihood strategies, identify the key livelihood capital and livelihood capital indicators in the transformation of herdsmen's livelihood strategies, so as to guide herdsmen to adjust their livelihood structure and improve grassland governance ability. Taking 848 herdsmen in 15 banners (counties) of 5 grassland types in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as samples, this paper evaluates herdsmen’s livelihood capital by using the method of entropy, establishes multiple logit regression models, and identifies the key livelihood capital that affects the transformation of herdsmen’s livelihood strategies. The value of livelihood capital of pastoral households in the study area is 1.428. Four kinds of livelihood strategies are as follows: pure herdsman, facultative herdsman, facultative herdsman and non-herdsman, P<0.01. Five types of grassland herdsman’s livelihood capital stock from high to low are: meadow grassland, typical grassland, desert grassland, sandy grassland, grassland desertification, P<0.01. Pastoral households’ income is mainly transferred by the government, and pure pastoral livelihood strategy is the preferred strategy. Financial capital stock is the key livelihood capital affecting the transformation of livelihood strategy, which has a significant negative impact on the transformation of pastoral households’ livelihood strategy from pure pastoral to pastoral, pastoral and non-pastoral. The key livelihood capital indicators affecting the transformation of livelihood strategies are the household contract of grassland resources, the use of grassland resources and the total household income.

Key words: livelihood capital, livelihood strategy, influencing factors, multinomial Logit mode, herdsmen

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