Abstract
Rapid urbanization has accelerated farmland transfer in China, which in turn has increased the cultivation intensity of non-grain farmland (NGF). The aim of this paper was to analyze the spatial patterns of non-grain farmland (NGF) at municipal-level cities in China from 2000 to 2014, and explore the influence of urbanization and farmland transfer on the spatial patterns of non-grain farmland (NGF). The study found that both NGF area and share have a consistent variation trend which increased first, then decreased, and increased again. There were great differences between NGF area and share, which had various spatial patterns. Global Moran’s I of NGF area and share had strong positive spatial autocorrelations in 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2014, and revealed remarkable clustered spatial patterns. Local spatial autocorrelation analysis found that the spatial agglomeration pattern of the NGF area and the share changed significantly from 2000 to 2014. The spatial patterns of NGF were significantly influenced by regional differences in urbanization and farmland transfer. These results provide critical insights for formulating differential farmland transfer policies and policies for sustainable development of agriculture and rural economy in China.
Highlights
IntroductionThe total number of rural-urban migrants working in Chinese cities reached 163 million in 2012, representing 25.44% of the total rural population [3]
The document entitled Opinions on Improving the Separation of Land Ownership, Land Contract Right and Land Operating Right released by the General Office, CCCPC in October 2016 established the institutional foundation for farmland transfer and large-scale agricultural management
Large-scale land management in rural China was one means of preventing further widening of the income disparity between those who remained in the agricultural sector and those who moved to the non-farm sector
Summary
The total number of rural-urban migrants working in Chinese cities reached 163 million in 2012, representing 25.44% of the total rural population [3]. This relieved the problem of “large population and few land resources” in agricultural production, and triggered demands for farmland redistribution [4]. After practical explorations of rural land use, farmland transfer has gradually become the main way of farmland redistribution in China [5,6]. In 2014, the area of transferred farmland in China reached 2687 × 104 ha, 30.4%
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