Functions, motives and barriers of homestead vegetable production in rural areas in ageing China
Functions, motives and barriers of homestead vegetable production in rural areas in ageing China
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老龄化中国农村宅基地蔬菜生产的功能、动因与障碍
DOI：
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.02.007
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发表时间：
2019-04
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Ruihua Lia
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文献类型：
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作者：
Fan Liangxin;Dang Xiaohu;Yan Tong;Ruihua Lia
宅基地蔬菜生产对于确保欠发达国家农村家庭，特别是老年人的粮食安全和均衡营养至关重要。然而，在中国缺乏这一过程的报道。中国农村老年人家庭宅基地蔬菜生产的作用、动机和障碍尚不清楚。因此，本研究分析了这些因素的详细调查，298个老年家庭（洛宁：74，义马：81，武陟：78和兰考：65）位于黄河中游在中国中部。宅基地蔬菜生产在老年家庭中很受欢迎，因为它有负担得起的劳动力、可获得性和低成本，以及它提供的休闲和放松。蔬菜品种有38种，平原区蔬菜品种较多，丘陵区蔬菜品种较少。受教育程度高的户主倾向于种植多种蔬菜。种植的蔬菜种类随着离市场的距离和户主年龄的增加而减少。淡季蔬菜短缺，旺季蔬菜生产过剩，特别是位于丘陵沟壑区的家庭。主要原因是设施支持不足（即水源和地膜）、市场机会有限以及缺乏知识、信息和咨询服务。研究结果表明，蔬菜生产季节性过剩与淡季性短缺之间存在显著差距，需要建立村级蔬菜销售网络，将宅基地蔬菜生产纳入农技推广服务范围，建立促进宅基地蔬菜生产的土著知识网络。
Homestead vegetable production is vital in ensuring food security and balanced nutrition in rural households in less-developed countries, especially for the elderly. However, reports of this process in China are lacking. The roles, motives and barriers of homestead vegetable production in households of the elderly in rural China are unknown. Therefore, this study analyses these factors using a detailed survey of 298 elderly households (Luoning: 74, Yima: 81, Wuzhi: 78 and Lankao: 65) located in the midstream of the Yellow River in central China. Homestead vegetable production is popularised in elderly households because of its affordable labour, accessibility and low cost, as well as the leisure and relaxation it provides. Thirty-eight vegetable species are planted in the area in which more species are planted on plain terrains than those of hilly area. Household heads with high education tend to plant diverse vegetable species. The number of vegetable species planted decrease with increasing distance from the market and age of household heads. Vegetable shortage exists during the off-season, and overproduction occurs during in-season, especially for households located in hilly-gully areas. Poor facility support (i.e. water sources and mulching films), limited market opportunities and lack of knowledge, information and advisory services are the main reasons. Significant gaps between overproduction during in-season and vegetable shortage during off-season in the results emphasise the need to create a village-level vegetable selling network, to incorporate homestead vegetable production into the service scopes of the agricultural extension and technology service and to build a network of indigenous knowledge for promoting homestead vegetable production.
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发表时间：
2014-05
期刊：
The Journal of Agricultural Extension
影响因子：
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作者：
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通讯作者：
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DOI：
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期刊：
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