Optimal herdsmen household management modes in a typical steppe region of Inner Mongolia, China

Zhang, Qing; Zhao, Yanyun; Li, Frank Y.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.205

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“…The jurisdiction of Xilinhot City stretches from latitudes 43 • 02 N to 44 • 52 N and longitudes 115 • 13 E to 117 • 06 E with a total area of 14,780 km 2 [25,29,30]. It has a population of 267,000, with Han as the majority (67%), Mongolian as the main minority (28%), and others making up the rest [28]. The study area lies within the temperate semi-arid region which has a mean annual precipitation of 295 mm and a mean annual temperature of −0.1 • C. The topography of the study area is high in the south and low in the north, with an average altitude of 988.5 m above sea level.…”

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“…Sustainability 2020, 12, 839 3 of 15 area of 14,780 km 2 [25,29,30]. It has a population of 267,000, with Han as the majority (67%), Mongolian as the main minority (28%), and others making up the rest [28]. The study area lies within the temperate semi-arid region which has a mean annual precipitation of 295 mm and a mean annual temperature of −0.1 °C.…”

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“…The first is production cost. Compared with breeding small livestock, breeding large livestock requires a longer breeding cycle, greater capital, and higher production cost [28]. It was difficult to maintain the operation of breeding large livestock without abundant funds guaranteed.…”

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“…The third reason is education level. The technical and knowledge requirements for breeding large livestock are high [28]. Based on Figure 4 and Table 3, the mean annual total income of households that chose the L strategy was mainly affected by the education level of the household head.…”

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“…This policy led to a completely sedentary management style and increased grassland fragmentation [26,27]. Zhang et al [28] studied different household livelihood strategies in a typical grassland area of Inner Mongolia. Their work focused primarily on the ecological effects of different household livelihood strategies without exploring the influencing factors of household livelihood strategies.…”

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Different Household Livelihood Strategies and Influencing Factors in the Inner Mongolian Grassland

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Household livelihood strategies affect grassland ecosystem services and the herder’s well-being. Understanding different household livelihood strategies and influencing factors is crucial for sustainable development in pastoral areas. We surveyed 241 households in the typical grassland region of Inner Mongolia to classify the different types of household livelihood strategies using income-based cluster analysis and to identify the major influencing factors of household livelihood strategies with partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Our study has several findings. First, according to household income sources, there are five types of household livelihood strategies in this region, including breeding only small livestock (S), breeding mainly small livestock (SL), breeding mainly large livestock (LS), breeding only large livestock (L), and not breeding livestock (N), with the S strategy as the most dominant household livelihood strategy in this region. Second, among the five types of household livelihood strategies, the LS strategy had the highest household income (323,200 Chinese yuans) while the N strategy had the lowest household income (68,540 Chinese yuans). Third, among the five types of livelihood capitals, manufactured capital and natural capital had more substantial influences on household livelihood strategies. Manufactured capital directly influenced household livelihood strategies, while natural capital affected household livelihood strategies either directly or indirectly through manufactured capital. Our results suggest that the LS strategy would be the most economically profitable among the five household livelihood strategies in the typical grassland region of Inner Mongolia.

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Greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese livestock sector can be decreased by one third in 2030 by the improvement in management

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2024

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China is one of the largest contributors to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the livestock sector is a major source of non-CO2 GHG emissions. Mitigation of GHG emissions from the livestock sector is beneficial to the sustainable development of the livestock sector in China. This study investigated the provincial level of GHG emissions from the livestock sector between 2000 and 2020 in China, to determine the driving factors affecting the provincial-level GHG emissions from the livestock sector, based on the logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) model, which took into account of technological progress, livestock structure, economic factor, and agricultural population. Moreover, a gray model GM (1, 1) was used to predict livestock GHG emissions in each province until 2030 in China. The results showed that the GHG of Chinese livestock sector was decreased from 195.1 million tons (MT) CO2e in 2000 to 157.2 MT CO2e in 2020. Henan, Shandong, and Hebei provinces were the main contributors to the reduction in Chinese livestock GHG emissions, with their livestock GHG emissions reduced by 60.1%, 53.5% and 45.5%, respectively, in 2020 as compared to 2000. The reduction in GHG emissions from the Chinese livestock sector can be attributed to two main factors: technological progress and the shrinking of the agricultural laborers. In contrast, the agricultural economic development model with high input and high emissions showed a negative impact on GHG emission reduction in China’s livestock sector. Furthermore, the different livestock structure in each province led to different GHG reduction effects on the livestock sector. Under the gray model GM (1,1), the GHG emissions of the livestock sector will be reduced by 33.7% in 2030 as compared with 2020 in China, and the efficiency factor will account for 76.6% of the positive effect of GHG reduction in 2030. The eastern coastal region will be the main contributor to the reduction of GHG emissions from the Chinese livestock sector in 2030. Moreover, recommendations (such as upgrading livestock management methods and promoting carbon emission mitigation industries) should be proposed for the environmentally sustainable development of the livestock sector in the future.

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Optimal herdsmen household management modes in a typical steppe region of Inner Mongolia, China

Cited by 11 publications

References 40 publications

Different Household Livelihood Strategies and Influencing Factors in the Inner Mongolian Grassland

Different Household Livelihood Strategies and Influencing Factors in the Inner Mongolian Grassland

Ecology and sustainability of the Inner Mongolian Grassland: Looking back and moving forward

Greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese livestock sector can be decreased by one third in 2030 by the improvement in management

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