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Analysis on Coupling Coordination Degree for Cropland and Livestock from 2000 to 2020 in China

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  • Jianxing Chen

    (College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China)

  • Xuesong Gao

    (College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
    Key Laboratory of Investigation and Monitoring, Protection and Utilization for Cultivated Land Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chengdu 611130, China)

  • Yanyan Zhang

    (College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
    Key Laboratory of Investigation and Monitoring, Protection and Utilization for Cultivated Land Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chengdu 611130, China)

  • Petri Penttinen

    (College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China)

  • Qi Wang

    (College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China)

  • Jing Ling

    (College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
    Key Laboratory of Investigation and Monitoring, Protection and Utilization for Cultivated Land Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chengdu 611130, China)

  • Ting Lan

    (College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
    Key Laboratory of Investigation and Monitoring, Protection and Utilization for Cultivated Land Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chengdu 611130, China)

  • Dinghua Ou

    (College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
    Key Laboratory of Investigation and Monitoring, Protection and Utilization for Cultivated Land Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chengdu 611130, China)

  • Yang Li

    (College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
    Key Laboratory of Investigation and Monitoring, Protection and Utilization for Cultivated Land Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chengdu 611130, China)

Abstract

The decoupling of cropland and livestock due to the industrialization of livestock production is a difficult problem for sustainable agricultural development in many global locations, including China. As population and urbanization increase, this decoupling is likely to become more serious. To date, the relationship between cropland and livestock has been mainly studied from a single perspective, and mostly at the regional and the local scales. Thus, the objective of our study is to systematically assess the coupling relationship between cropland and livestock from multiple aspects on a large scale. Here, we used a complex system covering cropland, livestock and environment subsystems to comprehensively analyze the spatio-temporal variation of the coupling coordination between cropland and livestock and its influencing factors in China over the past two decades. Elaborating on the data, we constructed a comprehensive system of evaluation indexes for cropland–livestock systems. We used a coupling coordination degree model to evaluate the coupling coordination relationship between cropland and livestock in 31 provinces of China during 2000–2020. The results show that the range of cropland–livestock and cropland–livestock–environment coupling coordination degree was 0.4–0.9. In most of the provinces, there was no risk of cropland and livestock decoupling; however, the coupling coordination degree needed to be increased. More attention should be paid to the coordinated development of cropland and livestock coupling in urbanized areas such as Beijing and Tianjin, where cropland and livestock decoupling was more likely to occur. Among the assessed 29 factors, 15 and 16 had an impact on the cropland–livestock and the cropland–livestock–environment coupling coordination degrees, respectively. Our study provides science-based evidence to support estimating the coupling relationship between cropland and livestock in the future.

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  • Jianxing Chen & Xuesong Gao & Yanyan Zhang & Petri Penttinen & Qi Wang & Jing Ling & Ting Lan & Dinghua Ou & Yang Li, 2023. "Analysis on Coupling Coordination Degree for Cropland and Livestock from 2000 to 2020 in China," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-20, June.
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