The evaluation of land consolidation policy in improving agricultural productivity in China

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dc.contributor.authorJin, Xiaobinen
dc.contributor.authorShao, Yangen
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Zhihongen
dc.contributor.authorResler, Lynn M.en
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, James B. Jr.en
dc.contributor.authorChen, Guoen
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Yinkangen
dc.contributor.departmentGeographyen
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-08T15:53:29Zen
dc.date.available2019-01-08T15:53:29Zen
dc.date.issued2017-06-05en
dc.description.abstractChina is presently undergoing rapid economic development and unprecedented urbanization. Concerns over food security have prompted the Chinese government to implement large-scale land consolidation projects. However, no formal evaluation has been conducted on such projects. Thus, effectiveness of land consolidation policy remains uncertain. We obtained detailed geo-spatial information for 5328 land consolidation projects implemented between 2006 and 2010, and used time-series MODIS NDVI (2006-2016) data to assess effectiveness of China's land consolidation policy in improving agricultural productivity. Our results show that the overall effectiveness of land consolidation in improving agricultural productivity is low, which lies in contrast to optimistic estimates based on regional statistical analysis and theoretical approaches. For projects (n = 560) implemented in 2006, about 29.5% showed significant (p < 0.05) increasing trends of MODIS NDVI after implementation of land consolidation. For 2007-2010, lower percentages (e.g., 25.9% in 2007 and 13.5% in 2010) of projects showed significant increasing trends. Furthermore, we found effectiveness of land consolidation projects displayed clear regional differences and driving factors are inconsistent with policy design. We anticipate our research to be a starting point for a more comprehensive evaluation involving longer time-series and higher spatial resolution data.en
dc.description.notesThis work was supported by a grant from the National Science Technology Support Plan Projects of China (2015BAD06B02).en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Technology Support Plan Projects of China [2015BAD06B02]en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03026-yen
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322en
dc.identifier.other2792en
dc.identifier.pmid28584263en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/86637en
dc.identifier.volume7en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectfood securityen
dc.subjectrural chinaen
dc.subjecttime-seriesen
dc.subjectmodis dataen
dc.subjectscaleen
dc.subjectecologyen
dc.subjectprojecten
dc.subjectsystemen
dc.subjecttrendsen
dc.subjectmodelen
dc.titleThe evaluation of land consolidation policy in improving agricultural productivity in Chinaen
dc.title.serialScientific Reportsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
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