Effects Of Conversion Of Cropland To Forest On Rural Economy And Its Follow Up Development

As a complex system engineering of project of returning farmland to forest is, alwayse therealization of regional sustainable development and one of the important ways. Since1999ourcountry began to carry out the project of returning farmland to forest, has now entered theconsolidating the results of subsequent stages. The project of returning farmland to forest is toguide the economic and social sustainable development. it is returning to cultivated land forest isgreat and decision-making; the first,it can accelerate to rural economics and rural industrystructural stability, high value, high effective adjustment strategy; secondly, to improve the farmerof impoverished area, living conditions to promote deficient to become rich, safeguard thesustainable development of local economy plan; third, maintenance and cultivation of forestresources, strengthen the biological diversity, improve zoology and the investment environment.The implementation of the project is to increase the income of the farmers, rural industrialstructures can adjustment and the shift of surplus rural labor force have great influence.Taking Ruoqiang(also use to or known "chaqiliq" by uyghur people) County as a case,analysed from different respect of returning farmland to forest project on the development of ruraleconomy in levels of influence, and putting forward to improving measures. The project ofreturning farmland to forest sustainable management is the key issue to promote the policy ofreturning farmland to forest and economic development of the follow-up industry and a way totransfer surplus labor force.Ruoqiang(also use to or known "chaqiliq" by uyghur people) county's ecologicalenvironment is very fragile, since long-term forming extensive cultivation, extensivemanagement of students. Mode of production is leading to a massive predatory destroy forest openup wasteland, cultivate grass is planted grain, make this one area of large area land desertification,ecological environment has been severely damaged. The deterioration of ecological environmenthas seriously restricted the economic development in Ruoqiang(also use to or known "chaqiliq"by uyghur people) county. The conversion of cropland to forest project will be reversed theDistrict Environmental worsening situation, promoting rural economy, sustainable development the only way which must be passed.By applying the methods of literature and on-the-spot investigation method combininganalytic hierarchy process and, before and after the project comparison method, combiningquantitative analysis and qualitative analysis, combining the theory and empirical analysis arecombined to study. First, reviews the domestic and foreign research trends of returning farmlandto forest project. A more thorough understanding of the conversion of cropland to forest projectimpact on social economy.Secondly, taking Ruoqiang(also use to or known "chaqiliq" by uyghur people) County asan example, analysis of the conversion of cropland to forest project impact on the rural economy.The results of the project of returning farmland to forest in Ruoqiang County after theimplementation of increasing farmer income; to promote the rural industrial structure.Ruoqiang(also use to or known "chaqiliq" by uyghur people) county is retreated return ncultivated land forest engineering does not lead to the rural economy decline or farmer income isreduced, instead, returning farmland to forest project is conducive to the development of ruraleconomy and the progress of the social economy.Finally, considering the retreat return n cultivated land forest area of natural conditions andsocial economic factors, to the state, place and farmer three parties to retreat return n cultivatedland forest implementation and ecological, social and economic benefits are evaluated andassessed the project for conversion of cropland to forest on the rural economy and the sustainabledevelopment research, and put forward the corresponding policy proposal.