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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8): 151-158.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2020-0192

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Farmers' Livelihood Strategy Selection and Livelihood Resilience Assessment—An Analysis of Farmer Household Survey Data of the Three Gorges Pastoral Complex

Guo Leilei()   

  1. College of Geography and Tourism, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331
  • Received:2020-06-17 Revised:2020-08-06 Online:2021-03-15 Published:2021-03-16

Abstract:

Focusing on the farmers in the "Three Gorges Orange Town", this paper aims at revealing the relationship between the livelihood strategy selection and livelihood resilience. Based on the 209 surveys of the farmers in the objective area, a model is constructed to measure the resilience of farmers' livelihood. Thus, the resilience condition and the structural differences can be analyzed. The results show that the main types of livelihood strategies for farmers in the Three Gorges Pastoral Complex are agriculture-oriented (P1), pure-labor-oriented (P2), labor-oriented (P3), self-employed (P4), subsidy-dependent (P5) and diversified-operation (P6); the resilience value of various types of farmers' livelihoods is: P1 (0.306)> P6 (0.273)> P4 (0.193)> P3 (0.185)> P2 (0.157)> P5 (0.119); in terms of dimensionality, P1 has the highest self-organization ability, P6 is more advanced and balanced, P3 and P4 are equipped with higher resilience structures, and P5 shows more disadvantages. It is significant to focus on farmers with lower level of livelihood resilience and strengthen local self-organization construction to improve the overall level of livelihood resilience and structural optimization.

Key words: livelihood resilience, livelihood strategies, farmers, pastoral complex

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