Abstract
What changes have taken place in the livelihood of farmers and herdsmen in Tibetan areas of Sichuan? In the long run, what is the problem with the changed livelihood model? This paper found the answer based on a field survey of villages. The author found that in the research process, the new compound livelihood mode of villages, such as farmland leasing, large-scale animal husbandry and concentrated extraction of medicinal materials, was not sustainable, and the villagers’ destructive use of local resources without any technical processing accelerated the consumption of grassland and farmland resources, breaking the ecological balance maintained by the local traditional livelihood. When income from animal husbandry and medicinal materials collection is dominant, problems such as unstable market, sharp decrease of medicinal materials resources, reduced yield and quality of grassland will only lead to uncertainty and high risk of new compound livelihood model of villages, and even lead to poverty.
Highlights
What changes have taken place in the livelihood of farmers and herdsmen in Tibetan areas of Sichuan? In the long run, what is the problem with the changed livelihood model? This paper found the answer based on a field survey of villages
The author found that in the research process, the new compound livelihood mode of villages, such as farmland leasing, large-scale animal husbandry and concentrated extraction of medicinal materials, was not sustainable, and the villagers’ destructive use of local resources without any technical processing accelerated the consumption of grassland and farmland resources, breaking the ecological balance maintained by the local traditional livelihood
When income from animal husbandry and medicinal materials collection is dominant, problems such as unstable market, sharp decrease of medicinal materials resources, reduced yield and quality of grassland will only lead to uncertainty and high risk of new compound livelihood model of villages, and even lead to poverty
Summary
Chikalo Village in Tibetan area of Sichuan is an administrative village located in the southeast direction of Aba County, Aba Prefecture, about 6 kilometers away from the county seat. The villagers have been using the livelihood model of combining farming and animal hus-. In the process of market-oriented development, the original livelihood model has changed. The empirical research materials of this paper come from the author’s field research in Chikalo Village of Aba County in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. In the process of marketization, what changes have taken place in the livelihood mode of Tibetan people in Tibetan areas of Sichuan? From the perspective of environmental sociology, this study aims to deepen our understanding of the reasons for the change of livelihood mode in Tibetan areas, and further deepen our understanding of the relationship between livelihood, market and ecology in ethnic areas. One of the key points of rural revitalization in ethnic areas is to guide them out of the dilemma of modernity, endow development with new connotation and play its due role
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