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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2014, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (11): 129-137.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20141118

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Analysis of the Effects of the Terrain and Geographic Factors on Farmers' Input and Output of Forestland from 1 790 Households in 8 Provinces of China

Kong Fanbin1, Liao Wenmei2   

  1. 1. Institute of Poyang Lake Eco-Economics of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics Nanchang 330032;
    2. School of Economics and Management, Jiangxi Agricultural University Nanchang 330045
  • Received:2014-06-25 Revised:2014-10-08 Online:2014-11-25 Published:2014-12-04

Abstract:

The differences in the terrain and geographic conditions are the important factors resulting in the regional differences in the farmers' input and output of forestland (FIOF). With 1 790 data coming from 8 provinces, by regression models, this paper quantitatively analyzed the impact of the factors on the FIOF, such as the terrain, geographic and other factors. It also analyzed the relations between the FIOF under the influences of these factors. The results showed that: geographically, the rural economic development, the accessibility and the population concentration had significantly affected the FIOF. Topographically,farmer's income of the forestland was significantly affected by terrain conditions, and farmer's income of the forestland in the mountains and hills were significantly higher than in the plains. Among them, the affecting coefficients of the rural economic development,the accessibility and the population concentration on farmer's investment of forestland were 0.128 8, 0.128 7 and 0.162 9. Its affecting coefficients on farmer's income of forestland were 0.152 4, 0.171 8 and 0.198 9. The impacting coefficients of mountainous and hills terrain on farmer's income of forestland were 0.101 9 and 0.016 9.In addition to terrain and geographic conditions, the main source of operating funds, the access to easily apply for timber harvesting indicators, the access to have the product market information services, the access to have financial services, the access to have intermediary services, which had significant impact on the FIOF. Based on these results, the corresponding countermeasures were put forward.

Key words: terrain condition, geographic condition, input and output, farmer

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