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Livelihood impacts of the conversion of cropland to forest and grassland program

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  • Chen Xie
  • Jincheng Zhao
  • Dan Liang
  • Jeff Bennett
  • Lei Zhang
  • Guangcui Dai
  • Xuehong Wang

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Land use changes induced by the Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program are found to provide farm households sampled in four counties from Shaanxi and Qinghai Provinces with increased net profits. This result is found to be robust for a range of discount rates and output price projections. The net present value of the difference in farm profits with and without the Program is found to be positive even when payments made under the Program are subtracted from with Program profits. Variations in the impact of the Program on farm household net profits were observed across the county samples. These results suggest that reversion to pre-Program land uses is unlikely as long as farmer's rights over converted land are well defined and defended.

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  • Chen Xie & Jincheng Zhao & Dan Liang & Jeff Bennett & Lei Zhang & Guangcui Dai & Xuehong Wang, 2006. "Livelihood impacts of the conversion of cropland to forest and grassland program," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(4), pages 555-570.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:49:y:2006:i:4:p:555-570
    DOI: 10.1080/09640560600747554
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    1. Song, Conghe & Zhang, Yulong & Mei, Ying & Liu, Hua & Zhang, Zhiqiang & Zhang, Quanfa & Zha, Tonggang & Zhang, Kerong & Huang, Chenglin & Xu, Xiaoniu & Jagger, Pamela & Chen, Xiaodong & Bilsborrow, Ri, 2014. "Sustainability of Forests Created by China's Sloping Land Conversion Program: A comparison among three sites in Anhui, Hubei and Shanxi," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 161-167.
    2. Hao, Can Liu & Mullan, Katrina & Rong, Qingjiao & Zhu, Wenqing, 2013. "Have the Key Priority Forestry Programs Really Impacted on China’s Rural Household Income," PEP Working Papers 160429, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP).
    3. Li Li & Atsushi Tsunekawa & Yangshangyu Zuo & Atsushi Koike, 2019. "Conservation Payments and Technical Efficiency of farm Households Participating in the Grain for Green Program on the Loess Plateau of China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-16, August.
    4. Xuehong Wang & Jeff Bennett, 2008. "Policy analysis of the Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program in China," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 9(2), pages 119-143, June.
    5. Bennett, Michael T. & Mehta, Aashish & Xu, Jintao, 2011. "Incomplete property rights, exposure to markets and the provision of environmental services in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 22(4), pages 485-498.
    6. Can Liu Hao & Katrina Mullan & Qingjiao Rong & Wenqing Zhu, 2013. "Have the Key Priority Forestry Programs Really Impacted on China's Rural Household Income," Working Papers PIERI 2013-08, PEP-PIERI.
    7. Bennett, Michael T., 2008. "China's sloping land conversion program: Institutional innovation or business as usual?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(4), pages 699-711, May.
    8. Xuehong Wang & Jeff Bennett, 2008. "Policy analysis of the Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program in China," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 9(2), pages 119-143, June.
    9. Lui, Donsheng & Xie, Chen & Liu, Jianjie & Peng, Wei & Yuan, Mei & Huang, Dong, 2011. "China’s Conversion of Cropland to Forests Program: development framework, economic impacts and future challenges -Based on 10 years’ monitoring results of 100 sample counties around China," 2011 Conference (55th), February 8-11, 2011, Melbourne, Australia 100536, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    10. Shidong Li & Bing Wang & Sheng Zhang & Yingfa Chen & Guangshuai Zhao, 2022. "Comprehensive Monitoring and Benefit Evaluation of Converting Farmlands into Forests and Grasslands in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-16, June.
    11. Bingzhen Du & Lin Zhen & Huimin Yan & Rudolf De Groot, 2016. "Effects of Government Grassland Conservation Policy on Household Livelihoods and Dependence on Local Grasslands: Evidence from Inner Mongolia, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(12), pages 1-18, December.

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