The Theory And Practice Of Grain For Green Program

Destructive lumbering of forests, loss of soil and water and desertification of land are one of the most serious questions that we are confronted with some ecological problems. They also are the root of floods and sands frequently.For the significant floods Espeacially appeared to the area of Chang River in 1998, the government and the public focus on the ecological problems. Therefore, the Grain for Green Program (GFGP) was started by our government.The article is based on the theory of the Grain for Green (GFG), according to study of GFGP's policy, we know that the program is concerned with the science of nature, economy and society. So I shall set forth the system of Grain for Green's theory. The theories include: restoration ecology theory, landscape ecology theory, complex ecosystem theory, sustainable development theory and sparse vacancy of land theory, theory of land rent and land price, cost and profit theory, bound beneficial result theory, supply and demand theory and so on.Based on the data resulted from some specific monitoring, such as Gansu province Grain for Green Program (GFGP), combining with the participatory approach of local farm families, statistical report and research project, and the research was proposed for smaller scale (village level) and larger scale (province level) demonstrative unit, the 2004-2005a data shows:(1) Social benefit: to in the monitoring families of the right age children be enrolled in the school, the consuming for education, farmers understand on the GFGP's policies and the land use structure, we can see that the program can increase the capability of the farmer, promote the rural society and the labor transfer. Meantime, this phenomenon boosted the capability of the eco-system.(2) Economic benefit: to the economic incoming of the monitoring region's farmers (such as states policy's incomings, forest incomings, grass incomings and laborage incomings), the consumption structure and the industry structure, we can find that the program made the balance of the food cost and profit, changed the consumption view of people, increased the incoming and the industry structure.And also, our analysis show that some problems, proposed some suggestion and measures.(1) Gansu province is faced with the farmer's food, the stable rising earnings, the quality of planting the forest and grass, the transferring of labor and so on.(2) Although we recognized that some problems existed in GFGP, such as the lack of scientific research and lagging planning, blind extension and eager for quick success and instant benefit, inadequate polices and system, limited financial support, sector benefit, shortage and irrational use of water resource in those hard and difficult regions.(3) Consummate the GFGP's policies.(4) In order to achieve the country's goal of GFGP, the government should adjust and improve the related polices continuously and enhancing the monitoring and evaluation on GFGP.