Intergenerational differences and influencing factors of farmers' terrace abandonment behavior:Based on a questionnaire survey of 2382 rural households in China  

中国农户梯田荒行为的代际差异及影响因素——基于2382份山区农户的问卷调查数据

作　　者：WEN Jiaming LUO Shilong XIE Hualin LI Xiubin 温家明;罗世龙;谢花林;李秀彬

机构地区：[1]School of Applied Economics(School of Digital Economics),Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics,Nanchang 330013,China [2]Technology Innovation Center for Land Spatial Ecological Protection and Restoration in Great Lakes Basin,Ministry of Natural Resources,Nanchang 330025,China [3]Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,CAS,Bejing 100101,China

出　　处：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》2025年第2期315-334,共20页地理学报(英文版)

基　　金：Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41930757;National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.42371285。

摘　　要：This study explores the impact of intergenerational differences on farmers' terrace abandonment in response to increasing intergenerational differentiation among rural households and the practical issue of terrace abandonment. Logit and Tobit models are employed to conduct empirical analysis and it is found that terrace abandonment increases sequentially among the new, middle, and old generations, confirming that intergenerational differences significantly influence whether farmers abandon terraces and the terrace abandonment scale. Village characteristics and government subsidies significantly influence farmers' terrace abandonment. An increase in the number of migrant workers in the village increases terrace abandonment among new and middle generation farmers, whereas an increase in the distance from the village to the county significantly increases terrace abandonment among old generation farmers. An increase in the village's total population significantly reduces terrace abandonment among new generation farmers. An increase in government subsidies significantly reduces terrace abandonment among middle and old generation farmers. The impact of intergenerational differences on terrace abandonment is more pronounced in low-altitude areas. To reduce terrace abandonment, it is necessary to promote terrace transfer, develop characteristic agriculture, improve terrace farming subsidies, and propose targeted strategies for the different generations of farmers.

关 键 词：terrace abandonment intergenerational differences terrace protection terrace use 

分 类 号：F323.211[经济管理—产业经济]