China should not massively reclaim new farmland

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.12.023

	China should not massively reclaim new farmland
	Xin, Liangjie 1; Li, Xiubin 1,2
刊名	LAND USE POLICY
	2018-03-01
卷号	72 页码:12-15
关键词	Farmland loss Dynamic balance of total farmland area (DBTFA) Farmland reclamation China
ISSN号	0264-8377
DOI	10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.12.023
通讯作者	Li, Xiubin(lixb@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	To protect farmland and ensure national food security and social stability, China implemented the Dynamic Balance of Total Farmland Area (DBTFA) policy in 1998. From 2000-2013, the amount of newly reclaimed land reached 2.47 million hectares. This massive reclaiming of farmland appeared to effectively halt the rapid loss of farmland in China. However, four aspects suggest that the DBTFA policy has become outdated and economically ineffective. First, bumper grain harvests and imports have provided China with an ample domestic food supply, which means it is no longer threatened by grain shortages; second, China does not have much land left suitable for farmland reclamation; third, the cost of land reclamation is very high; fourth, land abandonment is common in China. The massive amounts of newly reclaimed farmland have not been utilized effectively. Therefore, the key goal of the current farmland protection policy should be to protect high-quality farmland instead of reclaiming new farmland.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41571095] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41161140352]
WOS关键词	LAND RECLAMATION ; URBANIZATION ; ABANDONMENT ; REGION
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000425564900002
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/57056]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Li, Xiubin
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Land Surface Pattern & Simulat, 11A,Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xin, Liangjie,Li, Xiubin. China should not massively reclaim new farmland[J]. LAND USE POLICY,2018,72:12-15.
APA	Xin, Liangjie,&Li, Xiubin.(2018).China should not massively reclaim new farmland.LAND USE POLICY,72,12-15.
MLA	Xin, Liangjie,et al."China should not massively reclaim new farmland".LAND USE POLICY 72(2018):12-15.