The Transition of Farmland Production Functions in Metropolitan Areas in China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Data and Methodology
4. Results
4.1. Grain Production
District/county | 1985 | 1995 | 2000 | 2003 | 2012 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Near suburb | Chaoyang | 82.4 | 84.6 | 39.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
Fengtai | 16.0 | 16.7 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | |
Haidian | 43.1 | 41.2 | 29.7 | 4.4 | 3.1 | |
In sum | 141.5 | 142.5 | 77.3 | 7.8 | 6.3 | |
Middle suburb | Tongzhou | 379.9 | 516.3 | 223.9 | 122.8 | 169.5 |
Shunyi | 426.5 | 451.0 | 238.9 | 88.4 | 208.8 | |
Changping | 156.3 | 185.6 | 117.6 | 28.6 | 21.1 | |
Daxing | 267.7 | 347.0 | 231.1 | 115.4 | 229.5 | |
In sum | 1230.4 | 1499.9 | 811.6 | 355.2 | 679.2 | |
Far suburb | Fangshan | 237.7 | 317.7 | 207.3 | 81.8 | 128.8 |
Mentougou | 15.0 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 2.5 | |
Huairou | 111.9 | 139.6 | 78.4 | 30.3 | 57.4 | |
Pinggu | 154.7 | 169.3 | 71.6 | 30.2 | 68.9 | |
Miyun | 135.4 | 136.8 | 54.2 | 12.3 | 97.7 | |
Yanqing | 160.6 | 148.0 | 146.2 | 61.6 | 125.9 | |
In sum | 815.2 | 921.7 | 563.1 | 217.2 | 476.2 | |
Total | 2187.2 | 2564.2 | 1452.0 | 580.3 | 1116.1 |
4.2. Vegetable Production Function
District/county | 1985 | 1995 | 2000 | 2003 | 2012 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Near suburb | Chaoyang | 8.4 | 224.8 | 174.2 | 110.3 | 7.6 |
Fengtai | 10.2 | 225.7 | 143.5 | 56.6 | 4.0 | |
Haidian | 6.1 | 192.9 | 107.3 | 50.8 | 23.8 | |
In sum | 24.8 | 643.4 | 425.0 | 217.7 | 35.4 | |
Middle suburb | Tongzhou | 5.1 | 715.6 | 866.3 | 914.4 | 632.4 |
Shunyi | 2.8 | 774.5 | 1009.8 | 1169.9 | 446.2 | |
Changping | 2.1 | 92.4 | 127.5 | 108.0 | 41.6 | |
Daxing | 6.8 | 992.4 | 1112.6 | 1321.1 | 816.6 | |
In sum | 16.7 | 2574.9 | 3116.2 | 3513.4 | 1936.8 | |
Far suburb | Fangshan | 2.8 | 163.2 | 239.7 | 252.2 | 169.8 |
Mentougou | 1.4 | 29.5 | 21.9 | 20.1 | 3.1 | |
Huairou | 1.4 | 49.2 | 54.2 | 453.5 | 37.5 | |
Pinggu | 2.6 | 348.7 | 360.7 | 39.1 | 252.7 | |
Miyun | 1.5 | 149.5 | 183.1 | 345.4 | 257.6 | |
Yanqing | 1.8 | 199.9 | 481.0 | 431.8 | 106.2 | |
In sum | 11.4 | 940.0 | 1340.6 | 1542.1 | 826.9 | |
Total | 52.95 | 4158.3 | 4881.8 | 5273.2 | 2799.1 |
4.3. Agritourism
District | Number of recreation farms | Visitors received (106) | Total income (million Yuan) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | 2012 | 2005 | 2012 | 2005 | 2012 | ||
Near suburb | Chaoyang | 13 | 14 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 192.47 | 408.0 |
Fengtai | 15 | 10 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 20.06 | 22.0 | |
Haidian | 136 | 58 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 49.2 | 66.4 | |
In sum | 164 | 82 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 261.73 | 496.4 | |
Middle suburb | Tongzhou | 30 | 47 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 15.55 | 102.1 |
Shunyi | 61 | 69 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 77.15 | 133.8 | |
Changping | 145 | 201 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 70.79 | 320.6 | |
Daxing | 72 | 108 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 95.46 | 182.4 | |
In sum | 308 | 425 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 258.95 | 738.9 | |
Far suburb | Huairou | 112 | 232 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 52.84 | 139.9 |
Pinggu | 136 | 207 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 69.07 | 203.8 | |
Miyun | 142 | 142 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 50.78 | 298.2 | |
Yanqing | 32 | 35 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 14.44 | 46.2 | |
Mentougou | 48 | 48 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 19.91 | 77.8 | |
Fangshan | 68 | 108 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 59.96 | 170.3 | |
In sum | 538 | 780 | 4.2 | 11.0 | 267 | 936.1 | |
Total | 1010 | 1300 | 8.9 | 19.3 | 787.68 | 2171.5 |
4.4. The Evolution of Farmland Function
5. Discussion
5.1. The Demand of Urban Residents
5.1.1. Changes in the Engle’s Coefficient
5.1.2. The Demand for Agritourism
5.2. Changes in the Supply Capacity of Agricultural Products
5.2.1. Decrease in the Supply Capacity Due to Farmland Loss
5.2.2. Agricultural Production Supply Affected by Rural Labor Loss
5.2.3. Agricultural Production Supply from Other Regions
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Conflicts of Interest
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Tan, M. The Transition of Farmland Production Functions in Metropolitan Areas in China. Sustainability 2014, 6, 4028-4041. https://doi.org/10.3390/su6074028
Tan M. The Transition of Farmland Production Functions in Metropolitan Areas in China. Sustainability. 2014; 6(7):4028-4041. https://doi.org/10.3390/su6074028
Chicago/Turabian StyleTan, Minghong. 2014. "The Transition of Farmland Production Functions in Metropolitan Areas in China" Sustainability 6, no. 7: 4028-4041. https://doi.org/10.3390/su6074028