| The development of herbivorous animal husbandry is an important approach to ensure food security,promote structural reforms on the agricultural supply side,achieve green,coordinated and sustainable development,and solve the contradiction between the growing needs of the Chinese people or a better life and development in the new era.Suzhou District,Jiuquan City,Gansu Province is located in the midwest of the Hexi Corridor and is one of the main production areas of livestock products in Gansu Province.Combining with the development status of grassland animal husbandry in Suzhou District,two household surveys were conducted in 2016 and2019,respectively,aiming to review the changes in farmers’ willingness to produce.The main results were list as follows:1)The interviewed farmers who received primary education or above were98.21%,among which only 13.98% of these farmers received high school and technical secondary school education.Farmers directly engaged in agricultural production are generally not highly educated and lack professional skills.Compared with 2016,the proportion of surveyed households whose annual income were more than 30,000 yuan has increased by 4.55%,and consequently the overall economic income of the farmers increased significantly.In terms of the proportion of income sources,the income of the planting industry and aquaculture industry decreased by3.61%and 2.91%,respectively,but the wage income increased by 3.82%.In terms of main uses of cultivated land,the cultivation of vegetables and seed production decreased by 6.57%,the cultivation of forage decreased by 1.96%,but land circulation has increased by 2.01%.This indicates that farmers are more inclined to increase income through work outside,which creates good conditions for large-scale operation of farmers.2)Whether the farmers engaged in animal husbandry is restricted by technical conditions.Among the farmers who engaged in animal husbandry,those withoutfarming technology decreased by 7.33%,which means that more farmers have farming technology in Suzhou District,and this provides more labors for the development of herbivorous animal husbandry.The questionnaires of production willingness show that the farmers who reduce the business of herbivorous animal husbandry owing to awful economic profits decreased by 5.72%.The herbivorous animal husbandry is greatly affected by the market in consideration of the African swine fever.It should pay attention to guide farmers to develop animal husbandry scientifically and properly.3)Farmers generally have financial demands.However,most of the eligible farmers have already loaned from banks in the earlier stages,and the rest of them who need loans while are unable to satisfy bank lending can only raise funds through other approaches.Animal husbandry insurance is a heavy burden for most farmers due to the high costs.And most farmers don’t have the intention to be insured in the absence of policy subsidies.Because the policy subsidies of animal husbandry are distributed from the top down,there are limited spots.Financial affairs of city and district levels can’t bear the extra unplanned heavy subsidies,which restricts the popularization of animal husbandry insurance.Hence,it is necessary to strengthen financial support for farmers to develop herbivorous animal husbandry in future.Attention should be paid to project acquisition and policy support,and improve the ability to produce and use forage in future.The service mechanism of talent management must be sound to make herbivorous animal husbandry more professional and organized,and attach importance to the construction of the processing and circulation system of animal by-products,and support and foster the dairy industry. |
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