| Influence of fruit industry on farmers’ household grain production and food security in Shaanxi |
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| DOI：10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2011.01.48 |
| Key Words: apple production grain production food security rural household survey Shaanxi |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | LI Jianping | College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China | | SHANGGUAN Zhouping | College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China |
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| A random survey was carried out to 1430 farm households in three representational counties (Luochuan county, Changwu county and Baishui county) located in the apple-producing region of Shaanxi. The results indicate that in the fruit-producing area, the development of fruit industry not only promotes the development of the rural economy, but also improves the farmers’ living standard, while the grain production is greatly hampered and food security seriously threatened; The grain self-sufficiency rate of the three counties is low and the grain production is insufficient; Significant changes take place in the structure of grain-growing, and the maize proportion in the total yield increases largely; The proportion of grain ration reduces gradually, meanwhile the proportion of feed grain increases rapidly; The farmers have no sense of storing grain, thus the fruit-producing area is still short of grain supply and demand. Therefore, to ensure food security in fruit-grain areas, we should strengthen the construction of food distribution channels and change the concept of the farmers for storing grain and do the work of food reserves, while the government should increase agricultural subsidies and technological input to reduce grain production costs and risks, and mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers for grain production. |
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