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Analysis about the Relationship Between Livelihood Capital and Livelihood Strategies:Take Ganzhou in Zhangye City as a Example

2009; Taylor & Francis; Linguagem: Inglês

1872-583X

Xu Zhong,

Economic Development and Regional Competitiveness

The security and quality of livelihood for farmers is the core issue for rural areas in China.The stable livelihhood would make the coordinated development of related polices,eradicate poverty and use resources sustainably. The basis of this study is sustainable livelihood framework,the core of which is livelihood assets.The article takes a preliminary study about the relationship between livelihood capital and livelihood strategies which is the assets' allocation.The results show that the physical capital is the maximum value(the corresponding value is 0.609) for farmers in Ganzhou,the human capital is relatively high value(the corresponding value is 0.516),follwed by social capital(the corresponding value is 0.354),financial capital and natural capital are realtively low value(the corresponding value are relatively 0.286 and 0.241).The natural capital increased by 1 unit will cause the occurrence ratio for farmers choosing the non-agricultural and agriculture to be the former 0.119 times as other conditions remain invariable.The financial capital increased by 1 unit will cause the occurrence ratio for farmers choosing the non-agricultural and agriculture to be the former 9.698 times as other conditions remain invariable.So the government must enhance the surpport of fund and technology in order to achieve the livelihood diversity and strengthen the ability to resist risks for farmers and establish the relevant policy which can enable the farmers provided with enough ability and asset reserves to transit from agricultural production to secondary and tertiary industries in order to improve the livelihood level for farmers.