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Food production is the basis for ensuring human survival. Ecological compensation for arable land is important to ensure the sustainable use of arable land and food production. However, how is it possible to set the standard of ecological compensation and how to achieve it scientifically? In this paper, we take China as the study area and link the ecological compensation of arable land with the production, circulation and consumption of three staple foods. The amount of food is converted into the area of arable land needed to produce that food. After calculating the value of ecosystem services that support food production on arable land, the ecological compensation standard is obtained, and the realization mode between regions is constructed. The results show that: (1) the flow of staple foods in China is mainly from north to south and the value of arable land support services provided by northern provinces is greater than that of southern provinces; (2) the province that needs to pay the most ecological compensation for cultivated land is Guangdong Province, with an amount of ¥16.082 billion RMB, and the province that receives the most compensation is Heilongjiang Province, with an amount of ¥21.547 billion RMB; (3) in order to coordinate the collection and distribution of ecological compensation in each province, it is necessary to establish an ecological compensation fund for arable land in the central government. Protecting the ecological status of arable land and ensuring sustainable food production is in the overall interest of the country.
Yunxiao Bai; Moucheng Liu; Lun Yang. Calculation of Ecological Compensation Standards for Arable Land Based on the Value Flow of Support Services. Land 2021, 10, 719 .
AMA StyleYunxiao Bai, Moucheng Liu, Lun Yang. Calculation of Ecological Compensation Standards for Arable Land Based on the Value Flow of Support Services. Land. 2021; 10 (7):719.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYunxiao Bai; Moucheng Liu; Lun Yang. 2021. "Calculation of Ecological Compensation Standards for Arable Land Based on the Value Flow of Support Services." Land 10, no. 7: 719.
Kuancheng Traditional Chestnut Cultivation System is located in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Water Containment Function Area. The Traditional Chestnut Cultivation System is characterized by agroforestry compound, and some studies have shown that the compound planting of chestnut has better ecological benefits than the single chestnut planting mode. However, most of the local farmers in Kuancheng are mainly engaged in single chestnut cultivation. Through ecological compensation, farmers are being encouraged to change their chestnut planting mode, which can achieve the purpose of inheriting China's important agricultural heritage and improving the ecological benefits. This paper introduces preference coefficients to correct for opportunity costs, and through interviews and questionnaires, we obtained the input and output of the single chestnut cultivation, chestnut-maitake, chestnut-millet, and chestnut-chicken and the income of laborers working outside the home in the Kuancheng area. Through analysis and calculation, we obtained the following results: (1) Although the net income of the three chestnut composite modes is higher, their economic input is higher than that of a single chestnut planting mode, and the return on unit investment is lower. (2) The average income of young and middle-aged workers who work outside is higher than that of the local farming industry, so the local chestnut agroforestry plantation has a higher opportunity cost. (3) The final calculation shows that the chestnut-chicken agroforestry operation mode needs no compensation, the chestnut-maitake plantation mode is compensated at least 1608.5 USD ha–1 yr–1, and the minimum compensation for the chestnut-millet plantation mode is 198.3 USD ha–1 yr–1, which can guarantee that farmers receive the full value of their creations. Ultimately, farmers are incentivized to revive the traditional agroforestry production mode to achieve both economic and ecological benefits while inheriting agricultural heritage.
Liu Moucheng; Bai Yunxiao; Yang Lun; Wang Bojie. Calculation of Ecological Compensation Standards for the Kuancheng Traditional Chestnut Cultivation System. Journal of Resources and Ecology 2021, 12, 471 -479.
AMA StyleLiu Moucheng, Bai Yunxiao, Yang Lun, Wang Bojie. Calculation of Ecological Compensation Standards for the Kuancheng Traditional Chestnut Cultivation System. Journal of Resources and Ecology. 2021; 12 (4):471-479.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu Moucheng; Bai Yunxiao; Yang Lun; Wang Bojie. 2021. "Calculation of Ecological Compensation Standards for the Kuancheng Traditional Chestnut Cultivation System." Journal of Resources and Ecology 12, no. 4: 471-479.