A Study of Livelihood Differences among Different Farming Households in Miaoling Mountains under the Sustainable Livelihood Framework--Based on an empirical analysis of Wu Jiaojiao Village in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province
The livelihood of farm households has become a hot topic in sustainable development research. Taking the farming households in Wujiaojiao Village, Taijiang County, Guizhou Province as the research object, we invoked the sustainable livelihood framework and utilized the interview method to study the livelihood differences among different farming households in the Miaoling Mountainous Region. The results show that: (1) Farming households can be classified into five categories: social assistance, agricultural specialization, part-time work, labor specialization, and occupation, with labor specialization dominating (74.17%). (2) The sources of livelihood of farming households are unstable, and there is still much room for improving their sustainable development ability. (3) The average total value of livelihood capital of different farm households is, in descending order, Type Ⅳ (2.14) > Type Ⅴ (2.09) > Type Ⅱ (2.05) > Type Ⅲ (1.93) > Type Ⅰ (1.58), but none of them reaches the ideal state of 50.00%. The results of the study have some insights into the need to improve the physical, natural and financial capital of farm households in the Miaoling mountainous region, and thus promote the sustainable development of their livelihoods.
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